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Holiday Giveaways

November 16, 2010

Check out WonderBaby.org for a series of six really cool giveaways. All of the items up for grabs would make great gifts for visually impaired kids. You could enter to win… A Perkins Panda Kit A $40 NBP Gift Card Braille Alphabet Blocks An APH Tactile Book: That’s Not My Bear A Sharing the Same [...]

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Massachusetts Bullying Policy

October 18, 2010

On May 3, 2010 Governor Patrick signed an Act Relative to Bullying in Schools. This new law prohibits bullying and retaliation in all public and private schools, and requires schools and school districts to take certain steps to addressing bullying incidents. Relevant sections of the law (M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O) are described below. These [...]

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Vote NO on Question 3

October 18, 2010

Three Ways You Can Help! Forward this message to at least 3 Massachusetts residents. Visit VoteNo to learn how much the sales tax cut would hurt your community. Vote No on Question 3 on November 2nd. For 45,000 Massachusetts residents who rely on services provided by Perkins School for the Blind and millions of other [...]

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Help Perkins Products!

October 1, 2010

Perkins Products is beginning some user research on a new product they are developing. They are looking for children and their parents who are either early in the process of learning braille, or at the intermediate level and are willing to participate in some user research on a new product. They would like to meet [...]

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MIT Study

July 6, 2010

MIT is conducting a study of brain function in visually impaired children. Here is their announcement: We are neuroscientists in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. We are interested in how early experiences affect how the brain develops. Sighted children use some parts of their brain to see; do these brain regions learn [...]

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Beep Baseball Game

May 20, 2010

Our Space Our Place, Inc, invites families with blind and visually impaired youth ages 6-18 to spend the morning of Saturday, June 12 playing Beep Baseball! Beep baseball is a form of baseball adapted for the visually impaired. The game is played with standard softball bats, a ball which emits an audible beep tone, and [...]

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