The Austin Chamber of Commerce has named Austin Lighthouse President and CEO Jim Meehan as one of the winners of the Top CEO/Site Leaders for the Greater Austin Business Awards by the Austin Chamber. The Greater Austin Business Awards, taking…
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Lighthouse Athletes World Series Bound
Eight employees from Travis Association for the Blind, also known as the Austin Lighthouse, are traveling to Norman, Oklahoma, for the 2023 NBBA World Series of Beep Baseball, August 1 – 4, 2023. These talented players are taking the field…
SHOPAUSTIN.ORG Sponsors Curio’s CandleWork’s Summer Fest 2023
UPDATE – July 21 @ 11 am – Due to risk factors from extreme temperatures in Austin, Summer Fest 2023 is postponed until a later date. SHOPAUSTIN.ORG, the e-commerce site for Travis Association for the Blind aka Austin Lighthouse, is…
BBC Visits the Austin Lighthouse for the Blind
News of our accessible autonomous mobile robots, RF guns, Bluetooth headsets, and blind-operated turret trucks that are empowering our blind workers has made it across the pond. Paul Carter with BBC Click, the flagship technology show of the United Kingdom’s…
Celebrating Women in Tech at the Austin Lighthouse
International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrating women trailblazers and bringing attention to issues faced by women worldwide. UN Women is encouraging women to #PowerOn in technology with their theme, DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. This year’s…
Eric Sifuentes Named Valedictorian of Leadership Development Program Graduating Class
After a vote by the members of the 2022 – 2023 Travis Association for the Blind Leadership Development Program, Eric Sifuentes is the valedictorian of the inaugural graduating class. Sifuentes, an Adaptive Technology instructor in the Lighthouse’s Mission Services department,…