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World-Renowned Training Center
Founded in 1988, the Colorado Center for the Blind is a world-renowned training center located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Littleton, Colorado, about 13 miles south of Denver.
Grounded in the National Federation of the Blind’s positive philosophy of blindness, the Colorado Center for the Blind provides innovative teaching techniques, daily challenges and self-confidence that are the building blocks of independence, opportunity and success. Day after day, year after year, blind students leave the Colorado Center for the Blind’s training program as living examples of the NFB’s motto: “With effective training and opportunity, blind people can compete on terms of equality with their sighted peers.”
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Dad, it ate my hand! I can’t do my homework now!
February 26, 2025 at 8:44 am
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 a fun and tactile time examining and learning about creatures from the Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Ice Ages.
Besides, who doesn’t like dinosaurs? Our February FAST (Fun Activities & Skill Training) program was a meetup at theMorrison Museum of Natural History, our tour guide Doug gave a hands-on tour of the museum’s exhibits.… Read the rest “Dad, it ate my hand! I can’t do my homework now!”
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Our Programs
Our Independence Training Program (ITP) is designed for blind adults (18 years of age and older). Typically students complete the program in six to nine months while residing in nearby McGeorge Mountain Terrace apartments, which are owned by the Center.
The Summer Youth Programs at the Colorado Center for the Blind are designed to provide students with the opportunity to obtain skills needed to achieve success in school, interact with peers in a variety of social situations, gain a knowledge of the working world, and build self-confidence and self-esteem.
The Colorado Center for the Blind works to change the experience of older blind and visually impaired persons from frustration to independence. With education and training seniors can and do obtain the skills and confidence necessary to stay in their own homes and continue be contributing members of their communities.
As part of our Independence Training Program, the Colorado Center for the Blind offers a College Prep course to those students interested in going on to college or in returning to college after training at the Center.
The Colorado Center for the Blind shares its expertise on blindness with other professionals serving the blind and visually impaired through interactive and hands-on trraining seminars.