Dan Burke, Author at Colorado Center for the Blind

Quinoa and Kale? CCB and BLVS Partner Under Shades to Make it Tasty!

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Dan Burke

February 16, 2017

We were pleased to have three professionals from Blind Low Vision Services, part of Colorado’s Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) at the Center for training this week. We spent four days together exploring every topic we could think of, including cane travel and cooking under sleepshades. We’ll let them introduce themselves and the meal they…
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Nonvisual Feedback Loop: Testing Dominion’s Accessible Voting System

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Dan Burke

February 15, 2017

We were pleased to host usability testing of Dominion’s electronic voting system on February 13 and 14. Students, staff, seniors and alums took the system for a spin and provided feedback to Dominion’s engineers. We’re especially excited to partner on this project because Dominion will provide electronic voting systems to every county in Colorado for…
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Cookies, Candies, Balloons and Bouquets: Valentines Day at CCB

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Dan Burke

February 15, 2017

The day didn’t go uncelebrated. The Seniors had a Valentine’s party (there are rumors of romance there). Even ITP got into the act with Valentine’s cookies to mark “National Singles Day”?
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A Long Way from Where She Started to Confidence: CG’s Mini-meal

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Dan Burke

February 4, 2017

CG admits she’d done very little cooking before starting her training at the Center. Now she enjoys it, enjoys sharing with friends. Watch how calm she is as she prepares her mini-meal for 15 guests.
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18 Onions & What do You Get? Ryan’s Mini-meal & the Inside of Your Sleepshades Are Wet

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Dan Burke

January 31, 2017

Ryan admits he was pretty happy to be wearing sleepshades as he chopped the 18 onions it took to make his French onion soup. He is also now excited about cooking something other than “meat” since he came to the Center.
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Dates & Applications for 2017 Residential Summer Youth Programs Available

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Dan Burke

January 30, 2017

Sure, it was an unlucky 13 degrees this morning and one-third of our ITP students are on the slopes today, so why not start thinking about Summer 2017? Here are the dates of all three residential programs. Summer for Success College Prep Program Ages: completed junior year in high school with focus on college Program…
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It’s all ready: Brittany’s Mini-meal

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Dan Burke

January 29, 2017

Shrimp and French bread … Britanny is cool and in charge of her mini-meal for 15!
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Announcing Dates for the 2017 CONFIDENCE CAMP FOR KIDS

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Dan Burke

January 28, 2017

Come join us for our Elementary Summer day Program! June 5 through June 23 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday For ages 5-11Once again, The Colorado Center for the Blind is sponsoring our interactive, three week program for blind and visually impaired children ages five through eleven. The highly qualified staff, including two…
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The Maker of Indian Cuisine: Trevor’s Mini-meal

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Dan Burke

January 28, 2017

Trevor has a degree in Physics, is a bit of an inventor, more than just a dabbler in the maker movement, and he takes his tinkerer’s inclinations to the kitchen. “How does?” and “What if?” are part of what makes us human, so they are naturally encouraged in our training program.
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Pleased to host #BrailleChallenge and the #SRC all today!

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Dan Burke

January 26, 2017

Yes, we’re pleased and excite to be the host site for the Braille Challenge for 2017! Fifteen Metro-area students ages 6 to 17 are here to demostrate their skils in reading, writing and more using Braille. It’s our third year to host the Metro Challenge, which is sponsored by the Braille Institute of America and…
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