News & Updates
In the fire-scarred Wine Country, new help for the blind in disasters
The San Francisco Chronicle June 3 2018 / Reporter Lizzie Johnson / Photo credit to Jessica Christian. The classroom was full of students, all of them blind or visually impaired. Their canes were propped in the corner, their guide dogs asleep under a table. It was...
Ballot Booth Breakthrough
KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Jeff Harrington, Earl Baum Center's Director of Facilities and Technology, tries a voting machine from Hart InterCivic of Austin, Texas, on Thursday during a demonstration of new voting technology at the Santa Rosa Veterans Hall....
Hulu: Audio Description & Screen Reader Access
Disability Rights Advocates is investigating complaints from blind individuals who report that the Hulu website and mobile applications are not accessible, and from blind individuals who want audio description tracks to be made available on Hulu. We would greatly...
Owner of Santa Rosa’s Morris Heating and Sheet Metal overcomes blindness
JAMES DUNN / NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL MARCH 20 2017 John Morris can see quite well - just not with his eyes. The owner of John Morris Heating and Sheet Metal in Santa Rosa routinely beats out competitors for duct work on construction projects in Sonoma County and...
How gene therapy can fight blindness
MAX SAVAGE LEVENSON / HOLMAN PRIZE COORDINATOR Greetings! I'm writing to let you know that submissions for the Holman Prize, LightHouse for the Blind's annual series of three $25,000 award for blind adventurers and creators, are just around the corner! Submissions...