LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Podcast

Photo: The front of the Ed Roberts Campus. With the imminent closure of the Lions Center in Oakland, the LightHouse has stepped up to bring services to those who are blind or have low vision in the East Bay. To do this we’ll be expanding the services we offer at the Ed Roberts Campus in … Continue reading LightHouse Expands to Support East Bay → The post LightHouse Expands to Support East Bay appeared first on LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Few people alive today have lived through more Bay Area blindness history than Elmer Chapson. On October 8, 2015 Chapson was interviewed by LightHouse CEO Bryan Bashin in a wide-ranging oral history unusual in its breadth and content. Chapson spent ten years from 1935 to 1945 at the storied California School for the Blind in … Continue reading At 90, Elmer Chapson Reflects on Early Bay Area Blindness History → The post At 90, Elmer Chapson Reflects on Early Bay Area Blindness History appeared first on LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

In October, 2010 Lighthouse CEO Bryan Bashin and Jernigan Institute Librarian Ed Mormon conducted a 180-minute interview with Bill Gerrey, a longtime participant and observer of the blind movement in northern California. Gerrey and his father are both blind, and his recollections stretch back to the fun and aspiration and the old California School for … Continue reading Bryan Bashin Bill Gerrey Interview → The post Bryan Bashin Bill Gerrey Interview appeared first on LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

On June 24, 2014 Lighthouse CEO Bryan Bashin conducted a 40 minute interview with Jim Kracht. Mr. Kracht, now a prominent tax attorney in Florida, was an intrepid young 7-year-old in 1957 when he spent the first of seven summers at Enchanted Hills in Napa. In this thoughtful interview, Mr. Kracht tells what it was like … Continue reading Jim Kracht, EHC camper since 1957, tells what it was like to be a child camper in the early days with Rose Resnick → The post Jim Kracht, EHC camper since 1957, tells what it was like to be a child camper in the early days with Rose Resnick appeared first on LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.