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Links: Braille Institute offers free courses, App for making comics accessible, more
From the Carroll Connector newsletter
Kes: The Braille Institute courses typically take place over Microsoft Teams, and using braille is not involved, so anyone can take these courses.
1. Braille Institute Announces More Than 200 Free Courses for Fall Semester (Desert Sun)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2021/09/03/braille-institute-announces-more-than-200-free-courses-fall/5690365001/?bblinkid=253728718&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
2. Making Your Website ADA Compliant Webinar Recording
Taking measures to ensure your business’ website is accessible can help your organization retain and gain consumers, meet ADA and other compliance mandates while also doing good. During our recent “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” webinar, Bruce Howell, accessibility services manager for The Carroll Center for the Blind, provided an overview on accessibility, an outline of regulations, as well as guidelines and technologies with clear action steps your organization can take to optimize web accessibility. If you missed the exciting webinar, don’t worry!
View the recording of “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FnZmwHtVQo
3. Boom, bang, pop: WSU app developers get $100K to help visually impaired read comics - Wichita Business Journal
https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2021/08/26/wsu-vizling-app-visually-impaired-comics-graphics.html?bblinkid=253728613&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
4. Behind the Bow with a Visually Impaired Archer (Fox Illinois)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/behind-the-bow-with-a-visually-impaired-archer?bblinkid=253728673&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
5. How Vision Loss Can Affect the Brain (The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/well/live/vision-loss-brain-health.html?bblinkid=253728704&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
6. Join us at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) Virtual Job Fair
on Friday, October 1 at 9:00 A.M. EST which will be held via Zoom.
Meet with employers who are committed to interviewing and hiring qualified individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
If you would like to request an ADA accommodation, please contact MCB ADA Coordinator Kamilia Drogosz at 617-279-3332 or kamilia.drogosz@mass.gov.
Kes: The registration form has a field to upload your resume.
Register for the MCB Virtual Job Fair here.
https://massgov.formstack.com/forms/mcb_job_fair_for_individuals_with_visual_impairment?bblinkid=253728185&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
Kes: The Braille Institute courses typically take place over Microsoft Teams, and using braille is not involved, so anyone can take these courses.
1. Braille Institute Announces More Than 200 Free Courses for Fall Semester (Desert Sun)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2021/09/03/braille-institute-announces-more-than-200-free-courses-fall/5690365001/?bblinkid=253728718&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
2. Making Your Website ADA Compliant Webinar Recording
Taking measures to ensure your business’ website is accessible can help your organization retain and gain consumers, meet ADA and other compliance mandates while also doing good. During our recent “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” webinar, Bruce Howell, accessibility services manager for The Carroll Center for the Blind, provided an overview on accessibility, an outline of regulations, as well as guidelines and technologies with clear action steps your organization can take to optimize web accessibility. If you missed the exciting webinar, don’t worry!
View the recording of “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FnZmwHtVQo
3. Boom, bang, pop: WSU app developers get $100K to help visually impaired read comics - Wichita Business Journal
https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2021/08/26/wsu-vizling-app-visually-impaired-comics-graphics.html?bblinkid=253728613&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
4. Behind the Bow with a Visually Impaired Archer (Fox Illinois)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/behind-the-bow-with-a-visually-impaired-archer?bblinkid=253728673&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
5. How Vision Loss Can Affect the Brain (The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/well/live/vision-loss-brain-health.html?bblinkid=253728704&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940
6. Join us at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) Virtual Job Fair
on Friday, October 1 at 9:00 A.M. EST which will be held via Zoom.
Meet with employers who are committed to interviewing and hiring qualified individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
If you would like to request an ADA accommodation, please contact MCB ADA Coordinator Kamilia Drogosz at 617-279-3332 or kamilia.drogosz@mass.gov.
Kes: The registration form has a field to upload your resume.
Register for the MCB Virtual Job Fair here.
https://massgov.formstack.com/forms/mcb_job_fair_for_individuals_with_visual_impairment?bblinkid=253728185&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940