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Find Resources and Share Your Experiences on the New Website: Perkins Scout
Perkins Training & Educational Resources Program is excited to bring you Perkins Scout. This new interactive webiste provides a searchable database of resources related to blindness and visual impairments.
Celebrate Helen Keller's Birthday and Deafblind Awareness Week
The week of June 27th (Helen Keller's birthday) is Deafblind Awareness Week. Meet Perkins Spokesperson Jaimi Lard, who loves to meet new people and share her reality as a person who is deaf and blind.
Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library Named Network Library of the Year
On Friday, June 19, 2009, Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library was named 2008 Network Library of the Year at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Accessible Science Webcast and Pilot Website
Perkins Training and Educational Resources Program is proud to present our latest on-demand educational webcast on Accessible Science. This webcast is part of a series and goes along with a pilot website focused exclusively on making science accessible to students who are visually impaired.
Congratulations to the Perkins Class of 2009
Graduation Day on June 12 was a joyous and momentous occasion on the Perkins campus. See pictures from the day's events and learn more about the graduates.
Hear Natalie Merchant perform with the Perkins Choir
Watch video of surprise musical guest Natalie Merchant performing with Perkins students at the 2009 Perkins Possibilities Gala. The evening raised a total of $1.25 million for Perkins' programs on campus, in the community, and around the world.
Vision 5K a Success
Thank you for helping to make the 2009 Vision 5K Walk and Run a great success. We hope you enjoy this inspiring story of a Perkins student runner and we look forward to seeing you next year.
A World of Possibilities: Introducing the ELP Class of 2009
Congratulations to the Educational Leadership Program Class of 2009. Meet this year's graduates, who will go back to their home countries around the world and share what they learned here at Perkins.
Perkins students perform with The Revels
Our annual "Celebration of Spring" concert featuring The Revels and Perkins' Student Chorus celebrated cultures from around the world with song and dance.
"Early Connections: Taking Care of Our Children ... Taking Care of Ourselves"
The 26th Annual New England Regional Seminar for Children with Visual Impairments and their Families was another wonderful opportunity to share our common concerns and to learn from one another.