For Over 100 Years Clovernook Center Has Championed Individuals with Blindness or Low Vision
Sisters Georgia and Florence Trader, with the generous support of William A. Procter of Procter & Gamble, founded Clovernook Center – the first home for women in Ohio who were blind – providing education and employment. Within 10 years, Clovernook Center opened the first Braille Printing House operated exclusively by individuals who were blind. Today, Clovernook Center’s Braille Printing House is one of the largest volume producers of braille in the world and continues to be staffed by people with blindness or low vision.
Today, Clovernook Center is guided by five key initiatives aimed at empowering people who are blind or visually impaired to lead active, productive and independent lives.
The Five Key Initiatives
Pediatric Low Vision Clinic
Partnering with Cincinnati Children’s, our unique multidisciplinary approach includes Ophthalmologists, Occupational Therapists, Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation and Mobility Instructors who work in tandem to support the individual and varied needs of children with visual impairments.
Youth Adaptive Sports and Leisure Program
Launched in 2019, our Adaptive Sports and Leisure Program offers opportunities for children to participate in a variety of recreational activities. With minor modifications, children with blindness or low vision enjoy skiing, rock climbing, horseback riding, art, music and more.
Ohio Regional Braille Challenge
Since 2017, Clovernook Center has hosted this exciting qualifying event that connects students who are blind or visually impaired from across the state to the only braille literacy competition of its kind in the world. Braille literacy is essential to academic and employment success. This competition helps students improve their skills as they prepare for this day-long event.
Tactile Literacy Initiative
Clovernook Center produces print/braille dual reader books so families and teachers across the world can enjoy reading together. Dual readers include both print and braille pages by inserting embossed braille pages between the illustrated/print pages.
Arts and Accessibility Program
Clovernook Center’s core staff of 25 blind and visually impaired employees create, evaluate and produce all printed products. This ensures that accessible materials produced by Clovernook Center achieve a higher quality standard than traditional museum providers.