The New York Times: 30th Anniversary of the ADA Coverage
FOR RELEASE: Clovernook Center Collaborates with The New York Times on 30th Anniversary of the ADA Coverage Clovernook Center is creating digital braille files and embossed braille for New York Times special section on the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act CINCINNATI – July 22, 2020 – Sunday, July 26 marks the 30th anniversary […]
Read Before You Visit – Adult Vision Clinic
The Adult Vision Clinic, a joint program between Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired and Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation, is excited to resume operations and continue to serve patients with a world-class patient and family experience. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, we have implemented updated procedures and safety measures designed to keep patients […]
The Perspective: One Giant Step for Adelle and Other Kids: New Adaptive Sports
The sixth step was the charm. Adelle was five steps into her rock-climbing experience, Clovernook Center’s monthly Adaptive Sports event, and each maneuver gave her a case of the nerves. She wanted to stop. The volunteers encouraged her gently to try just one more step, for momentum. “She blazed to the very top!” Adelle’s mom, […]
Employee Spotlight: Clovernook Center Proofreading Team
During the Covid-19 shutdown, many Clovernook Center employees continued working remotely, including braille proofreading teams. These two-person teams are comprised of a sighted individual and someone who is blind or visually impaired. These teams are a critical link in Clovernook Center’s Braille Printing House operations – they work together to ensure that braille produced by […]
The Perspective: Sean Ogletree, On the Front Lines
Clovernook Center’s Case Manager Sean Ogletree has been on the front line of navigating the pandemic daily as he has assisted clients and employees since the beginning of Ohio’s shelter-in-place orders. Sean has accompanied several Clovernook clients on their trips to the grocery. He serves as a teacher as well as a guide, helping them […]
The Perspective: Letter from Clovernook Center’s President
Dear Friends, As the realities of the growing pandemic began unfolding in March, we at Clovernook Center were coming off the high of our largest and most successful Ohio Regional Braille Challenge. Our Adaptive Sports program had been gaining momentum as well, with growing attendance at events such as rock climbing and snow skiing at […]
The Perspective: Learning Life Lessons at the Braille Challenge
Eunice and Arju may go to separate schools, but at the 2020 Ohio Regional Braille Challenge, the girls were inseparable. During the Feb. 27 event at the Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the 13-year-olds walked arm-in-arm after finishing their lunch, giggling and catching up on the day. Arju said they met at […]
Read Before Your Visit – Pediatric Low Vision Program
The Pediatric Low Vision Clinic, a joint program between Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, is excited to resume operations and continue to serve patients and their families with a world-class patient and family experience. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, we have implemented updated procedures and safety […]
Navigating Safely in a Pandemic World
The world looks quite different now in the wake of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. If you happen to be blind or visually impaired (BVI), however, it can be extremely difficult to see those changes – which makes navigating the world around you full of new challenges, both literally and figuratively. “Social distancing is new […]
Flattening the Educational Accessibility Curve for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired in the Wake of COVID-19
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s not uncommon to find a friend or a loved one struggling with adjusting to the new “normal.” If that person is blind or visually impaired (BVI), however, the struggle may be immensely harder in a world where information is often meant to be seen as much as […]