Apply for these out-of-state openings!
The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind currently has the following vacancies:
Position: Switchboard Operator. Status: Part-time – weekends. Shift 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Worksite: VA Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Position: Switchboard Operator. Status: Full-time. Shift: To Be Determined. Worksite: Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, MD.
Candidates must:
1. Be visually impaired/blind
2. Be a [...]
High school and college students, as well as students-of-the-world and avid bookworms in the LightHouse community, know that Bookshare is a great source for reading materials and textbooks. And, if you are new to Bookshare, now is the perfect time to sign up! In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, [...]
Adaptations Products Advisory Committee (APAC)
Adaptations, the Lighthouse Store, is looking for members for its Products Advisory Committee.
The purpose of the Products Advisory Committee is to identify and discover innovative and useful high- and low-tech products that can benefit our community.
Prospective members should be able to attend committee meetings every two months.
For more information contact [...]
Toastmasters is a fun club that centers on public speaking, skill-building and leadership. Be part of a community of individuals who support each other with the common goal of improving communication and leadership skills! Everyone participates at each meeting, taking on a different role each time. Come to the initial meetings on the first [...]
The LightHouse needs community nominations to help name many of our cabins and structures at Enchanted Hills Camp after important blind role models in history. Many people have never heard of James Holman, the intrepid 19th-century blind traveler, and many people do not know that Laura Bridgeman preceded Helen Keller by several generations. Blind history [...]
What’s New
Evening and Weekend Program Hotline! Get the monthly schedule and find out about new programs going on every month by calling 415-694-7335.
Mega Self-Defense Seminar Founder Stephen Nichols Saturday, July 10th, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sensei Nichols returns from England to lead a special self-defense seminar and to answer questions [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education have sent a letter to colleges and universities about the use of electronic book readers that are not accessible to students who are blind or have low vision. The letter points out a serious problem with some of these devices that do not have [...]
Bryan Bashin, LightHouse CEO, and Josh Miele, scientist and LightHouse board member, discuss the digital divide when it comes to many new smartphones.
Smartphones Flunk for Blind Users
Blind users see digital divide in new generation phones
Smartphones can be pretty clueless when it comes to blind or visually impaired users.
For millions of consumers with normal vision, smartphones [...]
75 technology enthusiasts attended the LightHouse Technology Seminar on June 11th to learn more about the latest universal access features on new Apple products, including the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and OS X VoiceOver.
Message from Kathleen Huebner
Opportunity of a Lifetime: Earn Your Doctorate With a Specialization in the Education of Students with a Sensory Impairment (Blind/Visually Impaired, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, or Deaf blindness) National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities (NLCSD) by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs is accepting applications for full time doctoral [...]
