Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
My name is Saving, and I recently had the opportunity to collaborate with filmmaker Don-Dimitri Joseph on a short film called Heart to See, which tells the story of a visually impaired young man who wants to meet his estranged father before he loses his vision...
Oct 30, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
I’m the founder of Glam Canes – white canes that are bejeweled with rhinestones (currently through an individually hand-crafted process) and made to not only be fashionable but functional. They are iridescent, giving off a sheen of sophistication, while being easily...
Oct 16, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
Hi, I’m Krystle, the founder of Inside Ability Books, the first company making story time accessible with large-print and high-contrast illustrated children’s books to accommodate kids and parents who have visual disabilities that make it difficult to read...
Oct 2, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
Accessibility advocacy has always been important to me. The fact that something is inaccessible to me, yet accessible to others, has troubled me for as long as I can remember. My parents can recount a few instances of early advocacy from my childhood – like the time...
Sep 18, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
I’ve been blind since birth, but am the kind of person to try anything and be scared of very little. The one exception to this was a fear of flying. I’d like to tell the story of how I overcame a life-long flying phobia – not because I did anything you can’t do, but...
Aug 28, 2024 | Featured, Lifestyle, Massachusetts, News
Hi, I’m Aspen Shelton, a blind and paralyzed Paralympic Swimmer for Team USA. I was born prematurely at 26 weeks, weighing just one pound and 12 ounces, and was diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) stage 3 with a plus disease, as well as a few other eye...
