Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

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  • Hindley Can Take the Heat #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Hindley loves to cook and entertain, something she learned from positive role models. She gives her thoughts on the negative impact of the #HowEyeSeeIt challenge.

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  • Jackson Can Cross the Street, Can Get the Girl – #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Reads Jackson How Eye See It

    Okay, this is really not about finding a girlfriend, but it is about Jackson developing the skills and confidence to be an independent blind person. And what’s not attractive about that? He gives his thoughts on the #HowEyeSeeIt challenge as well.

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  • It’s Not Hard, But It It Is Serious: #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Warren is interested in becoming a blind vendor after graduation on October 5. That’s why he took on the task of working with the Center soda machine. He gives us his thoughts on the HowEEyeSeeIt challenge – a fund-raising campaign that invites participants to mimick blindness and call for funding a cure.

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  • Matt Can Type – It’s Not a Challenge! #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Believe it or not, the HowEyeSeeIt campaign hsows folks who are convinced they couldn’t type without their vision. Elementary thinking, and a pretty basic skill that Matt mastered long ago.

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  • Cooking with Christian #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Mastering the ordinary is not extraordinary for blind people, but that mastery is the foundation for living the lives we want extraordinarily! Christian has been doing a lot of cooking this week, putting in place more of the building blocks for the future he wants for himself.

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  • The first cut is the hardest: Marlene on the chop saw

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    Dan Burke

    Marlene at the chop saw after her 1st cut

    … or maybe it’s not if you have a career behind you as a surgical nurse.

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  • Crunchy & Amazing: Farhan Makes Somosas for His Mini-meal!

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    Dan Burke

    Farhan takes Somosas out of a tall pot of hot oil

    Farhan came to the center from Pakistan because he believed that the confidence and self-reliance in our tag line mean greater independence and opportunity for him. Here he is, a little past the mid-point in his training, making really amazing (and crunchy) samosas for 15 guests, and you can feel his new confidence!

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  • What’s Goal Ball? Martin, Warren & Jimmy Preview Demos for @WesternWelcomeWeek!

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    Dan Burke

    Western Welcome Week Logo

    Littleton’s Western Welcome Week starts … Well, tomorrow! Next week we will give tours and promised that we’ll do Goal Ball demonstrations in the gym, and even let guests take their turn if they like. So, Martin, Warren and Jimmy went down to the gym this week to demonstrate some basics for those who’ve never…

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  • How They Fed 120: The 2016 Summer Graduation Meal

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    Dan Burke

    Three students inside a serving window, each serving from a different pan of food

    The culmination of the Summer Program each year is of course the awarding of certificates and the talent show. Before that can happen, however, the masses must be fed. The summer students and their instructors draw on their collective learning in the kitchen over the summer and cook a meal for as many as 120…

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  • Summer’s end 2016 …

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    Dan Burke

    A young woman and young man with guitar perform before a seated crowd. They wear stunning hats.

    If only the Beach Boys were right about “Endless Summer”! This summer is ending, but 24 students from Colorado and five other states as well as Mexico, there were some great moments. From Denver’s 16th Street Mall to rafting on Clear Creek, from cooking in the kitchen to rock climbing at Eldorado Canyon, from canoeing,…

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