Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Category: Independence Training Program

  • Courtney and Suzie Are March’s Students of the Month

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    Dan Burke

    Two young women in sleepshades, at left Suzi in the front lobby and at right Courtney in the garden

    Courtney and Suzie are our March Students of the Month for March, selected by Center staff. Courtney was forced to take a leave to attend to family business in New Jersy, but was determined to return and earn her Bell of Freedom. She returned after several months and is on her way again, an indication…

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  • Last week was a big one for drops

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    Dan Burke

    Ryan signing in after returning from his Independent Drop

    Last week was busy with drops and support drops. The “Drop”, or independent drop is one of the two final requirements of our cane travel instruction. Ryan and Trevor both completed theirs last week, having been dropped somewhere in the Denver Metro area and permitted one question on their trip back to the Center. The…

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  • Shout out to @RiceCCL Volunteers!

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    Dan Burke

    Students in sleepshades examine the mode of a brain on the table between them

    Here’s a shout out to this year’s crew from Rice University in Houston who came to work as volunteers on March 16 and 17. They spend an “Alternative Spring Break” volunteering, first at Winter Park with the NSCD adaptive ski program, and then in Littleton. No, no skiing. At the Center they helped move and…

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  • A Bustling Day in the Gym

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    Dan Burke

    A group of Martial Arts Students to the left and a row of Archery Students to the right

    Okay, Tuesdays can get a little wild anyway, what with Seniors coming and filling up our large conference room all morning. You gotta believe us – we love having them! But meanwhile, down in the gym … We had both Martial arts and Archery happening all at once. The wildest imaginations might hve the martial…

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  • Bullseye with Blind Archery: #LivetheLifeYouWant @NSCD

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    Dan Burke

    Petr K., Mike B. Chaz and C.G. Aiming their Bows at the Archery Firing line with NCSD Instructors

    Zen and the Art of Archery was a popular book in the 1970s among a certain crowd in which martial arts practitioners became adept at hitting the bullseye while blindfolded. What does that mean? Who really knows, other than it was the era of the “Kung Fu” TV series. Nonetheless, our partners at NSCD arranged…

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  • Making the most of the first day of Spring: A day of grilling

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    Dan Burke

    Laura in sleepshades tends chicken on the grill

    The first day of Spring and temps in the 70s, and what would you do? Our Home Management planned wisely to make the most of the beautiful weather today, and all classes worked outside on the grills. Now that’s a life skill!

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  • Happy #PiDay from CCB … Cheesecake will do!

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    Dan Burke

    Trevor definitely knows what day it is …It’s probably just a coincidence though that he’s baking 6 cheesecakes for his graduation March 30. It’s close enough for Pi Day though!

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  • What’s so “mini” about the #ITP Mini-meal? #LivetheLifeYouWant

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    Dan Burke

    Well, the mini-meal is “mini” in comparison to the final Home Management assignment in our Independence Training Program … And it’s an interim step toward that final goal of cooking for 60 people. See, the mini-meal is only for fifteen! Here, Suzie, Parker, Ellen and Lyne put their meals in motion and on the table…

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  • Solving the Blindness Puzzle: Trevor’s Tactile Rubik’s Cube #LivetheLifeYouWant

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    Dan Burke

    As Trevor explains, he’s been “cubing” for years, figuring out better and faster ways to solve the Rubik’s Cube. Working out how to make the Cube tactile and using all that he’s already learned to solve it nonvisually is just a part of solving the blindness puzzle for Trevor – of taking charge and living…

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  • From Beginner to Braille Master: A Day in One of Jen’s Braille Classes

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    Dan Burke

    Oh yes, we’re big on Braille here at CCB, because it is fundamental to literacy for blind people and has high correlations with successful employment of blind adults. Our camera man Mike stopped by one of Jen’s classes recently and collected this video.

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