Melissa Merrell is deafblind and works as the Austin Lighthouse’s Accounts Receivable Specialist. She began working from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bobby Pellechia is legally blind. He was formerly a Data Systems Specialist at the Lighthouse’s…
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Austin Lighthouse: A Zebra Technologies Success Story
Travis Association for the Blind, the Austin Lighthouse, partnered with Fetch Robotics to introduce four autonomous mobile robots to its million square feet of warehouse space in Austin and Taylor, Texas. The results: With mobile robots, we’re able to: Read…
Austin Lighthouse Celebrates Disability Employment Awareness with New Accessible Certification Testing Center, White Cane Day March
AUSTIN, TX — The Certification Testing Center, sponsored by Microsoft, is officially open at Travis Association for the Blind – the Austin Lighthouse. It’s the only authorized Pearson VUE test center in the area dedicated to providing an accessible experience…
Austin Lighthouse Celebrates TSBVI Students Completion of Internship Program
Travis Association for the Blind, also known as the Austin Lighthouse, held a graduation ceremony for the first class of Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired (TSBVI) students to complete the Lighthouse’s new internship program on Friday, May…
Austin Lighthouse for the Blind Hosts HBO Cast & Crew
The HBO Max miniseries Love and Death shot scenes for the upcoming crime drama at the Omni Hotel at South Park on January 21 in Austin, Texas. The production base camped at Travis Association for the Blind, the Austin Lighthouse…
Austin Lighthouse Accessible Robots Featured in Forbes
Four autonomous mobile robots rolled into the Austin Lighthouse’s warehouse in Taylor, Texas, this Spring and immediately improved the way the 310 thousand square foot space operates. Increased productivity and accessibility came along with the new additions. Forbes contributor Steven…