Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

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  • ‘I am not my blindness’: What the blind community wishes you knew – from USA TODAY

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    Dan Burke

    Erin talks to a group during Enrichment

    This article appeared in USA Today yesterday, November 17. It features our graduate Erin Daley, of whom we are naturally quite proud. In the article, Erin mentions that she loves to travel and will be visiting the Baltic countries. Well, she’s on her way right now! If you’re a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions…

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  • “How My Life Changed at the Colorado Center for the Blind” @CatchTheseWords

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    Dan Burke

    Holly headed out from the Center with her cane

    Editor’s Note: We introduced you to holly some months ago, when the weather was warmer and she was a relatively new student at the center. She comes from the United Kingdom and her drive to attend the Colorado Center for the Blind stems in part from the fact that, as she says “there aren’t any…

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  • CCB Senior & Alum Launches “the Tactile Traveler” Radio Program & Podcast @kdnkradio

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    Dan Burke

    Nick crossing Shepperd Ave

    You can’t keep Nicky out of the news. Glenwood Springs’s Nick Isenberg, who first attended our Seniors in Charge program and then came back to complete the Independence Training Program at age 73, is back in the news where he spent his professional career. This time it’s as “The Tactile Traveler”, the monthly radio program…

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  • Catch These Words: Meet Current Student Holly Scott-Gardner & Words Worthy of Catching: @CatchTheseWords

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    Dan Burke

    Holly Scott-Gardner Hiking along Clear Creek on her first day at CCB

    Holly Scott-Gardner is from the United Kingdom. By many measures, she is a very successful woman, yet she wanted to come to the Colorado Center for the Blind for training. On her first day at the Center, she accepted the challenge to go rock climbing. She attended the National Federation of the Blind Convention with…

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  • Here’s news about the 2 high school students who submitted successful essays to attend #NFBinDC with @nfbco:

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    Dan Burke

    Drawing of the US Capitol with the NFB Logo and Whosits in front of the steps

    Editor’s Note: In the fall we invited blind Colorado high school students to apply for our first-ever scholarship to attend the National Federation of the Blind‘s annual Washington Seminar. Students were asked to submit an essay telling us why they wanted to go, and we selected two students to come with us. In fact, that’s…

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  • “No End in Sight”, CCB Student Podcast launches: https://bit.ly/2ORWE0x

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    Dan Burke

    No End in Sight

    It could be called a convergence. A handful of students who want to talk about their blindness, what they are learning at the Colorado Center for the Blind, how they are learning about being blind and proud – and how they’ve learned from their teachers, but especially one another, to laugh at themselves when they…

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  • #Accessible #TactileArt with @ArtACunningham at @DenverArtMuseum on “@_EyesOnSuccess

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    Dan Burke

    Ann explores tactile art with a group of blind students at the Denver Art Museum

    Our long-time art instructor and national leader in tactile access to art and science Ann Cunningham was in the artists’ make-a-space at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) in February. A group from the Colorado Center for the Blind visited DAM and Ann’s exhibit and art-making on February 9. The collaboration between DAM and Ann caught…

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  • Reminder: FAST Friday Fast Approaching!

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    Dan Burke

    Do You Dream in Color? Poster

    March 9 will be Movie Night And our next FAST Friday at the Colorado Center for the Blind – our monthly activity for blind youth and their families. We’ll kick the evening off with pizza, then watch the documentary film, “Do You Dream in Color?” It follows four California high school students who are blind…

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  • Colorful CCB Alum Doing Color Commentary for Penn Women’s Ice Hockey Broadcasts

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    Dan Burke

    Matt at CCB reading a Braille book

    Matt Wallace graduated from CCB in October of 2016. None of his contemporary students would be at all surprised to hear that Matt is doing color commentary for the Penn Women’s Ice Hockey team broadcasts. Matt loves sports. Matt knows sports. Matt talks sports. And talks and talks sports. Hey, savvy broadcast execs, recognize value…

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  • Recent Newspaper Articles Highlight CCB Partnerships

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    Dan Burke

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    We wanted to bring your attention to a couple of newspaper articles that appeared in November and brought attention to the Center. Both reflect great partnerships that help us ensure that our students can, as our tag line says, learn to “Take Charge with Confidence and Self-reliance!” The first, from November 5, appeared in the…

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