[CT-NFB] Helpful Resources

Melissa Carney macarney97 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 18:24:58 UTC 2020


Federation Family,

I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

I wanted to pass along a comprehensive list of resources created by one of our neighboring affiliates, as I'm sure many of us are feeling a bit stir crazy and uncertain. If you have any questions about how to access or navigate any of these tools, please feel free to reach out.

> A Few of Our Favorite Free Resources While Staying at Home 
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> From fitness companies to makers of assistive technology software, organizations across the board are stepping up to support the blind and visually impaired community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the health and safety of our friends and family are our top priorities, we’ve put together some of our favorite free resources that are currently being offered to help you make the most of these times.
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> Education and Software
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> Freedom Scientific
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> Freedom Scientific is offering people in the US and Canada a free short-term Home Annual License of JAWS, ZoomText, or Fusion which will expire June 30, 2020. Get more information on the Freedom Scientific webpage here.
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> Aira
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> Aira is offering free service for any college student for the remainder of the spring semester ending in May 2020. If you know of a student who could benefit from Aira for their distance learning, please email support at aira.iofor more information on the program or call 1-800-835-1934.
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> Objective Ed
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> Objective Ed is making its distance learning tools immediately available for all teachers and their students. ObjectiveEd can help students with visual impairments learn critical life skills like braille and orientation through gamification. Learn more about Objective Ed here.
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> Accessibyte
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> Accessibyte is offering their entire cloud platform of apps designed for children with visual impairments free for 45 days. The apps include things like arcade games and flash cards. Discover Accessibyte content here. 
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> Fitness and Wellness
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> Eyes-Free Fitness®
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> Here is the free complete set of the Eyes-Free Fitness® audio exercise programs. These programs allow you to stretch, strengthen, condition, and tone your body. All of these programs are thoroughly described with extra supplementary audio and text materials. Get started with the Eyes-Free Fitness programs here.
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> Headspace
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> Headspace is temporarily unlocking a free, specially curated “Weathering the Storm” collection of meditation and mindfulness content online and in the Headspace app for people around the world, available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Download the Headspace app or visit the Headspace website here.
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> General Entertainment
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> Audible
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> Audible Stories is offering free access to educational and entertaining audiobook content. Anyone, in any country, can enjoy unlimited streaming of hundreds of titles for kids and families for free with selections available in six languages. Start listening to Audible Stories here. 
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> Apple Books
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> Apple Books has a collection of free books in nearly every genre and for all ages, plus a "first in a series" promotion that lets readers get the first book in different series for free. Learn more about Apple Books here. 
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> COVID-19 and Helpful Resources
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> Accessible COVID-19 Statistics Tracker
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> For many people with disabilities, much of the data available regarding the COVID-19 outbreak is in a graphical format, which can be difficult to access. This Accessible COVID-19 statistics tracker was created to solve the lack of information by making critical statistics available in a text format that is easy to read and understand. Visit the Accessible COVID-19 Statistics Tracker here.
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> National Braille Press
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> Between now and April 30th, National Braille Press is offering free digital e-book downloads of "Dinner Delivered”, “Getting Visual Assistance with an iPhone", and "Navigating Healthcare, When all They Can See is that You Can't" to help take on the some of the practical challenges that we're facing. Download these e-books from National Braille Press here.
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> Your Voice Counts! We Are Here to Help You with the U.S. Census
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> The Carroll Center for the Blind is excited to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau to support the 2020 Census this year; helping to make sure the blind and visually impaired community is accurately represented in the decennial count.
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> Census data is used to allocate funds across the country to support states, counties and communities—Massachusetts alone receives over $16 billion. These funds shape local health care, housing, education, transportation, employment, and public policy.
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> You can respond online at my2020census.gov or by phone either in English or in 12 additional non-English languages. If you need assistance, The Carroll Center for the Blind can assist you in completing the form. Call us at (617) 969-6200 extension 252.
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Best,
Melissa
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