Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
Pam Allen, director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind, rang the Freedom Bell in celebration of those who completed the inaugural National Certification in Unified English Braille. Twenty-one participants took the NCUEB on Feb. 28, including six LCB students … Read More »
Significant vision loss and the thought of pending blindness is among the most fearful horrors a parent may face. The thought that your child may lose more vision is frightening; the prospect of him growing up and becoming blind is … Read More »
I took my first flight just four years ago to attend an event in Washington, DC with other students and staff of the Louisiana Center for the Blind. As a blind person ,I wondered how I would keep track of … Read More »
Rehab teachers are known as “the bump dot people.” We’re seen as the people who mark appliances with raised stickers (called bump dots) and hand out nifty gadgets for people who are blind or have low vision. That’s a nationwide … Read More »
My grandmother lost her vision when I was 12 years old. This will sound harsh, but it’s true: my parents crippled her through love and ignorance by not allowing her to do anything. This special lady had always taken care … Read More »
On Tuesday, the staff and students from the Louisiana Center for the Blind will travel to Mardi Gras, as we do every year, to practice cane travel through crowds. When I was first learning to teach crowd travel, I was pretty … Read More »
A few months ago, I was teaching the braille code to a kid and, every time she got an answer right, she gave herself a round of applause. I’ve always heard the expression of cheering yourself on, but this child … Read More »
The other day, my friend and colleague Pam Allen said something profound: “It’s really hard for people who have just lost their vision to imagine how they could ever live on their own in a new city when they have … Read More »
Here in New Mexico, the transition to Unified English Braille (UEB) has put us in a unique and advantageous position, one which has some similarities to what happened in Germany and Japan after the Second World War. WWII resulted in … Read More »
Kiona McAllister, an 11-year-old Ruston native, learned the famous “erupting volcano” science experiment at Ruston Elementary School and, a few weeks ago, she was able to share it with viewers of the morning news. Her mom, Karla Atwater, learned of … Read More »