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• Charting History: IDB collects stories for history of blindness project
• IDB building lands on national register of historic places

Charting History: IDB collects stories for history of blindness project

The Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle wrote that “history is the essence of innumerable biographies.”

If it is such, then the IDB’s oral history project will stand to be the foundation of the history of blindness in Iowa.

Through the project, Iowans affected by blindness, either through their own vision loss or by experiences with others with vision loss, tell their stories. They share stories from the mundane daily activities of living as a blind person to how advances in technology have enabled greater independence in our society.

• NEWS
  Charting History: IDB chronicles the history of blindness in Iowa 
  IDB building lands on national register of historic places
   
• FEATURES
  Profile: Muhammad Jihad finds success and enjoyment after receiving IDB services
  Blind Perspective: Blind people are living history in the making
  Accessible Technology: Transitioning to Windows 7 and Office 2010
   
• DEPARTMENTS
  From the Editor

Vol. II, Issue 1 • Winter 2011

Inside:

• Collecting the History of Blindness in Iowa

Twenty undergraduate students in Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander’s poetry class at Iowa State University presented their original poems about blindness and art during a reading and reception at the Des Moines Art Center on Monday, Dec. 6.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ISU students explore blindness in poetry project

Pappajohn Sculpture Park serves as inspiration for original works to be read at Des Moines Art Center reception

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 6 to 8 p.m.

WHERE:Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                              Contact:       Shoshana Hebshi

Nov. 29, 2010                                                                                                       515.281.1338

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shoshana Hebshi

Nov. 1, 2010 515.281.1338

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 • 1 to 5 p.m.

Award ceremony and presentation at 2 p.m.

WHERE: IDB Assembly Room, 524 Fourth St., Des Moines

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa

On Friday, Sept. 17, Michael Hingson, a survivor of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks, came to speak at the Iowa Department for the Blind.