Shelby reads a book while siting in a chair built in the Assistive Device Center
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From home workshops, volunteers create adaptive tools to keep students learning

The Assistive Device Center designs and constructs hand-crafted furniture, toys, sensory quilts and more for children with visual impairments.

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Shelby reads a book while siting in a chair built in the Assistive Device Center
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From home workshops, volunteers create adaptive tools to keep students learning
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Keeping touch while apart
Young adults with visual impairment visited Google's Cambridge office through Perkins' Pre-Employment Program.
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5 innovations in accessibility and assistive technology
Perkins Access team having a meeting and looking at the new Spaulding Rehab site on a projector.
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Perkins Access and Spaulding Rehab open new digital door to patients with disabilities
A young girl in the Deafblind Program works on an interactive screen.
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All about the tech
Two students in Nepal practice their writing skills using a Perkins Brailler.
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From Indiana to Nepal: the incredible journey of a Perkins Brailler
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Accessibility and learning in three dimensions
Perkins President and CEO Dave Power and Kevin Carey with a prototype of the new low-cost refreshable braille display. Photo Credit: Anna Miller.
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A low-cost revolution in refreshable braille
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Everyone wins with Project Brailler
Thousands of accessible smartphone apps are being used every day by people who are blind, making them more productive and less reliant on others.
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The awesome power of apps
The Brailler unit of WORTH Trust celebrates a milestone.
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100,000 braillers and counting
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‘B’ is for brailler