Perspectives of people with disabilities were left largely out of the City Council’s hearing over the summer to evaluate autonomous vehicle operations. By Carl Richardson Carl Richardson is co-chair of the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project, president of the Guide Dog Users of Massachusetts, and member of the Bay State Council of … Read more
by Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, May, 2025 A year ago, I went to New York for one of the first Glidance Demo Days. As a cane user who has had elbow pain caused by my cane use, and as someone who has never liked dogs even though my parents had a succession of … Read more
By Cindy Wentz | From BayLines Express, February, 2025 While I have always been legally blind, my vision has taken a huge hit in the past few decades. I’ve gone from reading print and walking without a cane or dog to not seeing much at all. Fortunately, technology has developed in the inverse proportion to … Read more
By Pam Loch | From BayLines Express, June, 2024 Would you use a robot to guide you like I use my guide dog now? I have been a guide dog user for over 30 years. Last Spring, I was contacted by doctoral students from UMass Amherst to interview me as a guide dog user. They … Read more
By DeAnn Elliott During the Bay State Council of the Blind’s annual convention held May 20th, the organization presented its 2023 Community Access Award to Joseph Kolb, an orientation and mobility (O and M) specialist at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Many BSCB members are among the more than 1000 clients who have benefitted … Read more
February 25, 2016 From the Editor Welcome to BayLines Express, the brand new monthly news digest of the Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB). This is our inaugural issue. BayLines Express is intended to get news to you about recent and upcoming events of interest to BSCB members. It will be coming out on … Read more
