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Said the Protégé to the Mentor: Happy National Disability Mentoring Day!

… sports. We have mentors that affect different parts of our lives. Some are more formal than others—it could be your sixth grade softball coach, or your current job … ." CareerConnect also has a section called " Our Stories ," which contains stories about successful …
Joe Strechay

Transcribing Digitized Letters from the Helen Keller Archive: A Transcriber's Account

… A Transcriber's Account Helen Selsdon We are delighted that our next post in this series of posts devoted to the Helen … a volunteer transcriber, and a very valued member of our "Captains of Transcription" team. From Susan Pearce, … had shown that if you work hard enough you could achieve your goals. When Miss Keller died Miss Hirsh wrote that we …
Helen Selsdon

Christine Ha Cooking Her Way to Being Next MasterChef

… piece can be found in the AFB CareerConnect series called " Our Stories " (formerly known as Success Stories). "Our Stories" feature successful persons who are blind or …
Joe Strechay

Reading Comes Naturally

… Naturally: A Mother and Her Blind Child's Experiences," Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness , 79 (1) (January … "sweeping," mastery begins. But if we do not support and encourage these early approximations, the final skill will … Jamaica soon lost interest in the activities because the stories were not exciting. I also found that several …

The Sounds of Success

… afraid of the work it takes to make a dream come true, read our latest CareerConnect Mentor Success Story. Choosing not … full story here . By visiting CareerConnect Mentor Success Stories , you can learn about many other people who are … is an attention-grabbing, first-person account of the journey they took to beat the odds and become who they are …
AFB Staff

Meet Connor Boss, Miss Florida USA Contestant, Legally Blind

… Disease . You may have heard that Connor Boss finished fourth overall in the competition, but won a few hearts and … As you may know, AFB CareerConnect has a section called " Our Stories ," and it provides a glimpse into the successful …
Joe Strechay

Facebook Accessibility for Users with Visual Impairments: What Facebook Wants You to Know

… who offered us a top-10 list of things they'd like our readers to know about Facebook's accessibility program … landmarks, and lists, which can be easily navigated with your screen reader navigation keys. Additionally, the main … News Feed Shortcuts Scroll forward through News Feed stories j Scroll backward through News Feed stories k See …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld April 2015

AccessWorld News

… system to cover low vision devices! Once you've added your name to the petition, please share this invitation widely with your networks. For decades, the vision loss community has … use with students who are blind or visually impaired. Our Stories: employment success stories, organized by career …
AccessWorld July 2014

AFB Launches an App for AFB CareerConnect and It's FREE!

… (AFB) has just launched the CareerConnect App with some of your favorite features of the CareerConnect resource center. Hold your applause and high-pitched sounds of … can now access it from the CareerConnect App. Tab 2: Our Stories You know and love AFB CareerConnect's Our Stories …
Joe Strechay

Joseph E. Chamberlin: Journalist and Early Advocate of Helen Keller

… Joseph E. Chamberlin: Journalist and Early Advocate of Helen Keller Betsy Emerson … Edgar Chamberlin As it turns out, in a certain generation, our family’s best memory keeper was Helen Keller. I am … Foundation for the Blind for allowing me to come to know – four generations later – my great-great grandfather, the …
Betsy Emerson

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