Awards

Perkins International wins web award
Five members of the ELP Class of 2017.
October 27, 2017
ELP Community earns praise for connecting hundreds of teachers around globe.
Lower School pre-vocational teacher earns national recognition
Pat McCall, Cathy Mills and Jason Mills
October 26, 2017
Cathy Mills received the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of Students who are Blind/Multiply Impaired award on Oct. 11.
Perkins staffer honored as a top employee who is blind in Massachusetts
Jerry Berrier holds a Carroll Society Award plaque, flanked by Marcia Brooks and Greg Donnelly.
June 9, 2017
Jerry Berrier is lauded for exemplary on-the-job achievements, and proof that ‘vision is not required for success.'
Honored for service to the deafblind community
Left to right: Perkins International Executive Director Michael Delaney; Graciela Ferioli; Perkins President and CEO Dave Power.
March 6, 2017
Graciela Ferioli, Argentina’s first teacher of the deafblind, receives Perkins’ prestigious Anne Sullivan Macy Medal.
BlindWays app voted favorite new product
A woman holding an iPhone standing behind a podium addressing an audience
January 13, 2017
Mass Innovation Night’s crowd honors Perkins’ smartphone app that helps people who are blind locate bus stops.
Perkins International's 'renaissance woman'
Marianne Riggio of Perkins International receives the Anne Sullivan Macy Medal for her service to the deafblind community. Pictured left to right: Perkins International Executive Director Michael Delaney; Riggio; and Perkins President and CEO Dave Power.
December 6, 2016
Marianne Riggio receives Perkins’ prestigious Anne Sullivan Macy Medal for service to deafblind community.
Perkins parent honored for going 'above and beyond'
Amber and her son Ivan holding a certificate
May 5, 2016
WonderBaby.org founder Amber Bobnar’s work has touched thousands of families of children with disabilities.
'Miracle Worker' Anne Sullivan inducted into Irish American Hall of Fame
Christine Dwyer and Jaimi Lard with two young women in fancy Irish dresses.
April 29, 2016
Perkins graduate honored for groundbreaking work with Helen Keller, which transformed education for children with deafblindness.
Google.org awards grant to Perkins to build 'micronavigation' app
A woman using a white cane walks past a bus stop
April 12, 2016
Innovative mobile app will help people who are blind locate bus stops and other precise locations, making public transportation more accessible.
Helen Keller's forgotten Oscar
Helen Keller holding an Oscar statuette.
February 25, 2016
She’s best known as an activist and author, but the deafblind icon also had a moment in the Hollywood spotlight.

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