Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Author: Dan Burke

  • Dad, it ate my hand! I can’t do my homework now!

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    Dan Burke

    Camarasaurus

    That was Nick’s joke when he stuck his hand inside the Camarasaurus’s mouth. Nice try, buddy! But it is a great example of just how tactile – and accessible – the whole visit to the Morrison Museum of Natural History was for blind kids on Saturday. And nobody lost an actual appendage. Instead, it was…

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  • It’s 9 Degrees and I’m 98 Years Old!

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    Dan Burke

    Older Blind woman smiles warmly

    It’s Tuesday, and our blind seniors group is meeting, despite the cold. But these are the kind of folks who are determined to learn all they can about blindness, share all they can with one another and, as contributors to a positive and supportive community of blind seniors, keep living the lives they want!

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  • Taking a Gamble on Myself

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    Dan Burke

    At left, Landon holds a microphone while Ciara and others smile and clap along with the music

    Landon surprised the room when he sang a rendition of Shaboozey’s “Let It Burn” at Ciara’s graduation ceremony last week. Landon began his training at the Colorado Center for the Blind a month after he graduated from high school. He’s from a small town in South Carolina. It’s the kind of town where everybody knows…

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  • I learned so many things in the kitchen today!” Support Blind Youth on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    High school student Seth slices apples with a large knife while mentor Heather offers guidance.

    It was all about pies. That’s how we promoted our November 16 FAST (Fun Activities and Skills Training) event. We called it “Conquering the Kitchen,” and parents, youth, and teachers came from the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Blind youth worked in the large kitchen with volunteer teachers from our Independence Training Program (ITP), while…

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  • Now, I’m going places!

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    Dan Burke

    A smiling young woman wearing learning shades and reindeer antlers stands to the right of a lighted, colorfully decorated Christmas tree

    Ciara made it back from her Drop in time for holiday decorating on Monday afternoon. (I feel so empowered,” she said when shot returned. Ciara graduates from the Colorado Center for the Blind on Thursday. Yesterday, she completed her “Drop.” The Drop is the final travel challenge for our students when we “drop” them in…

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  • Delfina Leads Her Class in the Turkey Dance

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    Dan Burke

    Delfina leads the class in the Turkey Dance

    It’s a tradition! Each year, our Home Management instructors take students through weeks of preparation for our annual Thanksgiving feast. This year the feast was held on November 21, and all four of the classes roasted a turkey for the big meal. But it’s also become a tradition for Delfina, our longest-tenured Home Management instructor,…

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  • Celebrating Seniors and Duncan Larsen

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    Dan Burke

    Two women working on knife skills, one wears sleepshades

    Make a Colorado Gives donation that celebrates Duncan Larsen and our blind seniors! Duncan Larsen’s commitment to instilling confidence in all blind people goes back to her earliest professional years in Nebraska. She was one of our founders in 1988 after moving to Colorado. In fact, Duncan was the cane travel instructor on that storied…

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  • Challenge and Success at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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    Dan Burke

    Ernesto and Megan smiling, snow falling

    The snow is just about melted in the Denver area, but here’s a photo from last Thursday, just as the big storm was moving in. Travel Instructor Ernesto Lucca with his student Megan are coming back to the Center after a class on the snowy sidewalks of the city. Megan is definitely doing things she…

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  • Colorado Gives Treat, No Trick on November 1!

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    Dan Burke

    Smiling woman wearing white angel wings, silver halo, and a pink cap-sleeved dress

    Dafina came as a fashionable angel on Halloween. Everyone wearing a costume was asked to describe theirs at morning announcements. Not shown are Daffina’s gold ballet slippers. Greetings! It’s no trick. Colorado Gives Day is December 10, with all donations for Colorado Gives Day eligible for a share of the $1 Million Incentive Fund from…

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  • Singing to Diane for her 92nd Birthday at Tuesday’s Senior Meeting

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    Dan Burke

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