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Guest blogger Adele Smolansky is the founder and CEO of AI-Learners, an educational website for students with CVI and other complex needs. Adele is a recent graduate from Cornell University (Computer Science) and is pursuing a PhD at Stanford University in AI for special education. Adele has previously worked at Google Inc. as a software […]

APH Huntington partnered with the West Virginia Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) to present a Technology Camp in Charleston, West Virginia. Principally centered upon technology instruction and enriched by opportunities to address orientation and mobility, independent living, self-help, socialization, and transition issues, this three-day educational experience served 30 blind and low-vision students from across West […]

Editor’s note: The following information was coordinated by Sandra Burgess, MSW, LCSW and updated by Katie Frederick in September 2023. According to figures from the National Institute of Mental Health, more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (57.8 million people in 2021). Unfortunately, only about half of those seek and […]

The Journey to Camp I recently attended Careers and Canine Connections to learn about career exploration while also learning about dog guides and all that goes into having a dog guide by our side! Getting on an airplane and flying to Oregon to attend the first-ever Careers and Canine Connections was a mix of emotions, […]