Announcements
NELVB Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
What a difference a decade makes! In February 2019, New England Low Vision and Blindness reached a milestone – our 10 year anniversary! Thank you for an amazing 10 years! From our beginnings, just me and my wife, young marriage, three small children, no income, operating out of my basement and a local storage facility; To…
Read MoreBrailleNote Touch Plus Training
Excelling in the Connected Classroom with the BrailleNote Touch Plus New England Low Vision and Blindness and Humanware are excited to offer an informative webinar on working on the newest features of the BrailleNote Touch Plus. This webinar will offer one hour of continuing education credits for ACVREP certified professionals and learn about: 1. Create…
Read MoreCareer Launch @ Perkins
The transition to young adulthood can be challenging for everyone – there are higher expectations, more independence and lots of social and emotional changes to adjust to. And the stakes are even higher if you are blind or visually impaired. That’s why Perkins School for the Blind has developed programs dedicated to supporting young adults…
Read MoreBrailleNote Touch Experts
We are pleased to announce that Michelle Perkins and Gloria Stuart, Senior Assistive Technology Specialists & Trainers at New England Low Vision and Blindness have been recognized by Humanware as BrailleNote Touch Experts. The intense certification and testing process consisted of 2 full days of training, review, and studying of several training videos, in-depth review of all…
Read More2018 Winner of the Clement J. Krug, Sr. Let’s Go Attitude Award
On June 18, 2018, New England Low Vision and Blindness announced that Elana Regan, a 9th grade student at Hopkinton High School, is the winner of the 2018 Clement J. Krug, Sr. Let’s Go Attitude Award. This award was established in honor of the spirit of the late Clement J. Krug, who is the father of company President…
Read MoreWhat is a Let’s Go Attitude?
As we launch our Clement J. Krug, Sr. Award, I want to provide you the history of the award and the Let’s Go Attitude philosophy. In 2003, at the young age of 61, my father Clement J. Krug Sr., a strong 6’3″ NYC detective, was diagnosed with a very rare and advanced form of abdominal…
Read MoreClement J. Krug, Sr. Award
Based on feedback from the TVI’s and Educators, we have decided to extend the 2020 Clement J. Krug Sr. Award to: May 15, 2020. The Clement J. Krug, Sr. Award was established to recognize a student who exemplifies a Let’s Go Attitude. Click here to learn the meaning of this award. The winner of…
Read MoreNew England Low Vision & Blindness Partners with Freedom Scientific
Worcester, MA (November 17, 2015) – After months of negotiations, New England Low Vision and Blindness and Freedom Scientific announce an official partnership that allows New England Low Vision and Blindness to exclusively offer visually impaired people in the six (6) New England states a wider selection of low vision and blindness products and services…
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