The Access Technology team is delighted to offer an in-person immersion introducing new students to access technology. Join Kacie Cappello, Fernando Macias, and Jacques Law to explore the concepts and tools you will need to use devices confidently and comfortably. We will discuss access technology vocabulary in an approachable, digestible and jargon-free manner. We will provide overviews of low vision enhancements and spoken feedback tools available for computers, smartphones and tablets. There will be workshops on dedicated devices, getting to know your phone, options for notetaking, access-o ..read more

In June 2023, the City of San Francisco honored LightHouse with a Proclamation for our commitment to promoting independence, equity, and employment to the blind and low vision community. This year we are continuing the tradition by honoring another LightHouse enterprise, LightHouse ECO, with a LightHouse Day Declaration by the City of Alameda and reception to follow. Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM Location: The Siirkin Center, 2175 North Loop Rd., Alameda, CA 94502 To RSVP to LightHouse Day, complete this form The post Join Us for LightHouse Day on June 27 appeared first o ..read more

Please join us for an opportunity to meet Tom Wlodkowski, VP of Accessibility at Comcast, during his visit to California. We’ll be discussing the latest accessibility trends along with our efforts for greater digital inclusion and access with LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco. All Access Tech enthusiasts are welcome! Refreshments will be provided. When: Thursday, June 6, 9:00 am to 11:00 am Where: LightHouse HQ at 1155 Market St., 10th Floor, San Francisco 94103 RSVP: To attend this free event, please email Jon Koriel at jon_koriel@comcast.com This event is brought ..read more

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Members of the public are invited to attend the Thursday, March 7th meeting of the Board of Directors of San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. This meeting will be a virtual meeting held via Zoom and runs from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Pacific.   30 minutes will be reserved for public comment, and members of the public will have up to three minutes to comment. If you would like to reserve a slot to speak, please complete the LightHouse Public Comment and RSVP Sign Up form. Please submit your comments as far in advance as possible. Comments must be received bef ..read more

LightHouse for the Blind invites our students, volunteers, staff and community members to a free screening of the documentary Cold Refuge. This film is presented as part of our 1155 Performance Salon series. Cold Refuge, by local documentary filmmaker Judy Irving, is about the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of full immersion in the natural world: how, though it may seem counter-intuitive, swimming in cold water helps mitigate some of life’s most serious challenges.   The film’s diverse film subjects include a wheelchair-using, paralyzed swimmer who faces fear by diving ..read more

Saturday, May 4, is World Labyrinth Day! Come celebrate this peaceful holiday at Earle Baum Center of the Blind (EBC) in Santa Rosa. We invite the BVI community to enjoy EBC’s uniquely accessible Labyrinth, specifically designed by EBC staffer, Patricia Jefferson, to accommodate travelers using white canes, guide dogs, human guides and most wheelchairs. The path is a 39-inch-wide smooth concrete surface with a four-inch brick curb. In the center there is a Peace Pole as part of the right-side curb to orient the travelers.   The walk will be procession-style and there will be guides provid ..read more

It’s almost time for the next 1155 Performance Salon at LightHouse!   For April, we welcome talented comedians from Comedians with Disabilities Act. The Comedians with Disabilities Act is “a fabulous collection of comedians who have disabilities, both seen and unseen, and bring forth the humor they find in their experiences” (comedianswithdisabilitiesact.com/about).    These comedians will share their laugh-out-loud stories and sets; here’s a little about each! Mike Bucci Mike Bucci’s first comedy set was on the stage of the Punch Line in San Francisco and he’s been hooked ..read more

[See image gallery at lighthouse-sf.org] Spring was in the air last Saturday as the paths that wind around the green lawns and lush gardens of the Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) campus in San Rafael were filled with the toddling feet and happy paws of the 2nd Annual Spring Celebration attendees!   Together with our friends at GDB, we welcomed 33 families from all over the San Francisco Bay Area for a beautiful day of spring-themed crafts, guide puppy meet-and-greets, photoshoots with Sunny the Bunny and Glinda the Good Witch, and of course— an accessible beeping egg hunt ..read more

There’s a misconception that people who are blind or have low vision have better hearing than their sighted peers. That’s not true, but what is true is that blind people can be better attuned to their hearing with the right training. LightHouse is providing that training with the return of our online course The Language of Listening.   The course runs for six sessions in June, and we want to ensure everyone interested knows as soon as possible, so they can make time in their schedule for the course!   Course Description   The whistle of a teapot, or bubbles in a pot hint ..read more