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Early Focus Third Edition Brings Ongoing Growth

Families with a young child newly diagnosed with blindness or low vision invariably find themselves facing a series of questions...

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Cultural Pass Adventures at APH

As students return to school and the summer winds down, here in the museum we are wrapping up another successful...

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APH Outreach Presents for PSU O&M and VIL Programs

On June 23-25 I was invited to present for two classes of soon-to-be TVIs and O&Ms at Portland State University....

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Meet APH Scholar Lanna Slaby

APH is proud to recognize Lanna Slaby, nominated by Ex Officio Trustee (EOT), Emily Stenberg Brown, as a 2022-2023 APH...

M.C. Migel, left, holds Helen Keller’s right hand and the trowel that they both hold over a cornerstone brick. Dr. John H. Finley, right, seems to move to hold the brick in Helen Keller’s left hand.

The Storied Life of a Time Capsule

Time capsules have long been an intriguing way for people to communicate through the ages, be they historians or grade...

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 Hidden Legacies of Helen Keller

Burned manuscript recovered from the wreckage of Arcan Ridge, 1946. Photo AFB Helen Keller Archive   As we get ready...

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The Tale of Braille Tales

Literacy, the ability to read and write, begins when young children are introduced to storybooks. APH’s free Braille Tales program...