by Jaida Burrows Advocacy isnât something you learn once and never have to work on again. Advocacy is a work in progress every day. There wasnât a specific day or time when I started learning how to advocate for myself; advocacy has always been part of my life. Whether my mom asked for the information … Continued
When you grow up as one of 27 children adopted from all over the world, embracing diversity comes naturally. Thatâs certainly true for APHâs Director of Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion, Tai Tomasi (she/her/hers), J.D., M.P.A., who joined APH in January 2021. Blind since birth, she considers herself fortunate to have grown up in a family … Continued
by Alison Steven About 11 years ago my eyesight had deteriorated to the point where I quit trying to bluff my way through life and turned to the state blind agency for help. On my tour of the Assessment and Training Center I asked the questions that I had been struggling with most at the time: how did they deal with social situations as blind people? What did they do when joining a room of people mingling … Continued
Ever since its founding on January 23, 1858, APH has been showing the country â and the world â what can be achieved by people with vision loss, by providing them with the resources they need to excel. Ken Perry, a software engineer who has worked at APH since 2008, is one of the employees who are blind/ low vision and play a significant role in that. … Continued
Lessons learned the hard way: In the first blog of this two-part series I wrote about planning and perseverance and that theme carries into this post: You can check out Part 1 here. Not only was I the first person in my immediate family to attend college and graduate, I did so as a blind Latino living in southern California. As with many high school students, dinner … Continued