Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • A Long Way in a Short Time – Support Us on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    A Long Way in a Short Time – Support Us on Colorado Gives Day!

    When Fitz came to the center as a student, he really didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life, simply because he had no idea what he could do. As an Independence Training Program (ITP) student, Fitz has been finding his own identity as a blind person. With what he thought of as…

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  • A Note for Giving Tuesday on Our Students Giving Back

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    Dan Burke

    A Note for Giving Tuesday on Our Students Giving Back

    Giving back is meaningful. Here, Rose and Aaron unpack a newly-delivered box at the food bank. D carries a box, while IFCS staffer Tara brings over a cart stacked with cartons. Eliza and Greg shelve items from the cart for later distribution. Our students and staff volunteer once a month at nearby IFCS, and every…

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  • Shared Visions 2023: It’s open till Dec. 5 @ArapahoeCC

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    Dan Burke

    Shared Visions 2023: It’s open till Dec. 5 @ArapahoeCC

    Bella reads the accessible Braille sign at the 2023 Shared Visions exhibit. We know that blind people can do anything, and that includes creating and enjoying art. It just needs to be tactilely accessible to us. Since 2014, we’ve partnered with Arapahoe Community Colloege’s Dept. of Art and Design in an art show that does…

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  • From Handshakes to Headway

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    Dan Burke

    From Handshakes to Headway

    The Colorado Center for the Blind is presenting a dynamic career and college seminar on September 28. We’re sure to have something for everyone, whether you are looking for information about jobs and careers, planning for education and opportunities, or seeking inspiration from the journeys of successful blind people. But the deadline to register is…

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  • A Thank-you Following the NFB Convention @nfb_voice

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    Dan Burke

    A Thank-you Following the NFB Convention @nfb_voice

    Michelle runs the sound board for the NFB of Denver Chapter meeting. Editor’s Note: As we do each year, staff and students at the Colorado Center for the Blind attended the National Federation of the Blind convention during the first week of July. Forty of us traveled to Houston where we joined over 2300 fellow…

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  • Designs by Sundown Helps Our Garden Grow @dbslandscape

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    Dan Burke

    Designs by Sundown Helps Our Garden Grow @dbslandscape

    Our Legacy Garden planting is complete, helped again this year by our partners with Arapahoe County Master Gardeners and of course all the rain in the past few weeks. (Actually, all the rain has made it difficult to plant on some days because the ground was too wet.) But now the hot weather is upon…

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  • The Wood Shop Is Open!

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    Dan Burke

    The Wood Shop Is Open!

    We are excited to introduce you to Dan Nixon, our new Home Maintenance and Wood Shop instructor. Technically, Dan has already been with us for a couple of months, but of course, he’s been doing training under learning shades, including training in the wood shop, so that he comes to thoroughly understand how blind people…

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  • Coding Success with Project Access

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    Dan Burke

    Coding Success with Project Access

    It may have been the worst speech synthesis since, well, the VoTrax (circa 1987), but it sounded beautiful because this room full of blind students had coded their BBC Microbits themselves to produce that “Hello!” It was all part of our two-day camp with Cyber.org’s Project Access on coding/robotics here at the Colorado Center for…

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  • Report on Our Legacy Garden from June 13

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    Dan Burke

    Report on Our Legacy Garden from June 13

    (Editor’s Note: This email was forwarded to Director Julie Deden from JoAnne, one of the Arapahoe County Master Gardeners we’ve worked with for many years. The Master Gardeners have been working with our students since early May to prepare the Legacy Garden and begin planting. JoAnne gives a great summary of Tuesday, June 13’s activities…

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  • Blindness, Hope and Belief from Liberia to Littleton and back

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    Dan Burke

    Blindness, Hope and Belief from Liberia to Littleton and back

    At the end of their two weeks with us, our Liberian guests each spoke to the assembled staff and students about their experience at CCB and what they will take back to their blind students. They also received certificates from Julie. Left to right are Nokutula Ncube, Julie Deden, Noah Z. Gibson, Maureen Nietfeld, Suahibu…

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