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This game controller is designed to help kids learn #Braille! 🎮 bit.ly/4eLmFwU

“Braille allows me to offer as much accessibility as possible to everyone who wants it,” says Beth, @PerkinsLibrary’s #Braille Production Manager. Tell us in the comments, what has braille done for you?

For our next Perkins Library Without Walls, acclaimed poet and essayist Stephen Kuusisto will reflect on blindness, independence, and the meaning of access. 🗓️ Tuesday, May 19, 2026 🕑 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET 📍 Perkins Library Zoom room To register, call 617-972-7852.

Researchers have developed a vibrating alarm pillow designed to alert #Deaf users of emergencies without compromising comfort. 🛌 What do you think of this innovation? #AssistiveTechnology bit.ly/4vVUPnM

Check out these children's #Audiobooks, all recently produced at the Perkins Library recording studio! 🎙️ #ChildrensBookWeek • Anatopsis • Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms • Nicholas: A Massachusetts Tale • Sense of Play • Sea Chest in the Attic • The Ghost on Main Street

Still haven't had your #StarWars fill after "May the Fourth (be with you)?" 🪐 Check out these #RecommendedReads from the expanded Star Wars universe! bit.ly/3QU6OT1

For May's reading challenge, read a book set in #Massachusetts! Our reader advisors are just a call away with even more ideas. 📚 Submit your books to by the end of each month to be entered for prizes! Sign up for the challenge: bit.ly/4c0H3c5

A developing application describes images of food in order to help blind users with inaccessible online menus. 🍣 #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalAccessibility bit.ly/4cUj7Ho

May the 4th be with you on this #StarWarsDay! 🌠 Our patrons can borrow from our ever-growing collection of accessible #StarWars books and audio described DVDs! 🪐 Get in touch to be transported to a galaxy far, far away: bit.ly/4d4iwjK

In life, activist Alice Wong showed the importance of working together and encouraging cross-disability solidarity in order to achieve disability justice. #AliceWong #DisabilityAdvocacy bit.ly/4c6NgD8

Apple has introduced new features designed to assist blind and low visions users, including braille note-taking and expanded zoom for supporting applications. 📱 #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalAccessibility bit.ly/4mGjJnv

We loved having our #RecordingStudio volunteer narrators and reviewers for a day of training and sharing, right here on the @PerkinsVision campus! 🎙️ It is thanks to them that we have so many unique #Audiobook offerings for our patrons! #LibraryServices

A blind runner was able to complete a marathon in England using smart glasses and remote sighted guides while raising money for eye research. 🏃 #AssistiveTechnology #SmartGlasses bit.ly/3OP6RyK

Happy Guide Dog Day! 🦮

Our director, Kim Charlson, was a guest on @Author_Jodhan's Remarkable World Commentary podcast where she discusses her 40+ year career at Perkins and the innovative accessible lending program the library is today! 🎙️ bit.ly/4ecF6uh

A proposed bill would allow New Hampshire to take steps toward becoming a "technology first" state that prioritizes giving people with disabilities access to assistive tech. 🏛️ #NewHampshire #AssistiveTechnology bit.ly/4cCzW9H

Short stories aren't just for readers who are short on time! Some authors' greatest work was crafted into #ShortStories and #Essays that could fit in the pages of a magazine. 📖 Check out this month's #RecommendedReads bit.ly/3QM3uZS

Meet Stuart, one of our talented volunteer audiobook narrators and reviewers at the Perkins Library recording studio! 🎙️ Find out what inspires Stuart to volunteer. ❤️ #NationalVolunteerWeek

Check out these #EarthDay reads for young readers! 🌎 📗 Earth! by Stacy McAnulty 📗 In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming 📗 Sharks Forever by Mark Leiren-Young 📗 This Book Is Not Garbage by Isabel Thomas 📗 The 21 by Elizabeth Rusch 📗 Youth to Power by Jamie Margolin

Join us this #NationalLibraryWeek and National Library Workers Day in celebrating a few highlights from the past, present, and future of librarians here at @PerkinsVision! 📚