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  • Nonvisual Feedback Loop: Testing Dominion’s Accessible Voting System

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    Dan Burke

    We were pleased to host usability testing of Dominion’s electronic voting system on February 13 and 14. Students, staff, seniors and alums took the system for a spin and provided feedback to Dominion’s engineers. We’re especially excited to partner on this project because Dominion will provide electronic voting systems to every county in Colorado for…

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  • Pleased to host #BrailleChallenge and the #SRC all today!

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    Dan Burke

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    Yes, we’re pleased and excite to be the host site for the Braille Challenge for 2017! Fifteen Metro-area students ages 6 to 17 are here to demostrate their skils in reading, writing and more using Braille. It’s our third year to host the Metro Challenge, which is sponsored by the Braille Institute of America and…

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  • Wrapping It Up on the Downhill Slope

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    Dan Burke

    Graham wraps a gift with Chris Perez and Jackson walking in to do the same

    Students and staff wrapped it up on the downhill side of the year, putting final touches on Secret Santa gifts before our traditional holiday brunch. This year, we fed on breakfast burritos from Littleton’s GraceFull Cafe, a community cafe whose mission is “to provide a home in the Littleton community where people of all backgrounds…

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  • Friday’s Fish Flaying

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    Dan Burke

    Two sets of blue gloved hands exploring a shark from either side of the table

    Okay, it wasn’t that gruesome! But it was the 11th year that Professor Terry Harrison has led a shark dissection at the Colorado Center for the Blind. The idea was, and still is, to give blind youth a chance to get really hands-on with science. In this case, anatomy. Every year, Professor Harrison arrives about…

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  • Belted Kingfisher, Orange Belts and Yoga’s Doggie Down: A Typical Tuesday at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Allie Blanca C.G Dan andMike walkingaround the pond at Sterne Park during Birding Class

    So this is how Tuesday goes at CCB sometimes. First thing this morning Alie Mays came for our “Birdying by Ear” class. Seven of us reviewed recordings of local bird songs, then walked over to Sterne Park, where we heard mallards, doves, goldfinches and of course Canada geese. Today’s mascot was the belted kingfisher, an…

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  • Shark Dissection with @ArapahoeCC’s Terry Harrison Friday! #STEM

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    Dan Burke

    teacher and student bend over a dog shark

    It’s that time of the year. Just as we start to think about turkey and stuffing with cranberries, it’s time for blind kids in the area to get hands-on with shark innards! As he has for more than a decade, Arapahoe Community College’s Biology Professor Terry Harrison will lead a shark dissection at CCB on…

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  • Sharing art before next week’s Shared Visions @artacunningham @ArapahoeCC

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    Dan Burke

    Wearing sleepshades, Jackson and Blanca work with 2 ACC students on arranging items for thermaform sculptures

    With just a week to go before the third annual exhibit, “Shared Visions Collaborative Artworks”, some Center art students traveled to Arapahoe Community College to make some art and to offer some feedback to painting students on their tactile works. For their very first class with Ann Cunningham, the newest group of CCB art students…

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  • Summer Jobs Wrapping Up

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    Dan Burke

    Hard to believe our summer programs are coming to an end. Today summer Earn & Learn students are finishing up their 40-hour internships across the Metro area. Not only do they gain valuable work experience – for some it’s their first paid job – but they travel independently to their job sites on foot and…

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  • Seniors & @WEFitWellness – You Gotta Move!

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    Dan Burke

    A young woman in line with three seniors exercising

    This week Jessica Beecham led a workouq for our Tuesday morning Seniors group.  It’s part of our partnership with WE Fit Wellness. To stay healthy, we gotta keep moving!

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  • Summer Interns at @TheRightStepInc Braille the Saddle Bags

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    Dan Burke

    Christina, Keaton and Marie are working as interns for our long-time partners, The Right Step this summer. In fact, it’s Marie’s second year in our summer program and working at The Right Step. Their work includes cleaning stalls, cleaning old horse shoes to be reused, cleaning tack and taking care of the horses. This morning…

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