October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and the Austin Lighthouse is joining the campaign to raise awareness of the workforce capabilities of people who are blind. Nearly 70 percent of blind Americans are unemployed. The rate is even…
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Simple Tips for Reducing Workplace Illness
Flu season is here, and medical experts believe it will be a severe one. The CDC recommends we should all take every day, preventive measures that will stop the spread of germs. We can start with practicing good hand hygiene…
Woody Harrison Wins Telly Award for Lighthouse Video
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Woody Harrison, a video storyteller for nonprofits and member-driven associations, received the 2021 Telly Award for his video introducing the Austin Lighthouse and its mission to the world. The Telly Awards, founded in 1979, honors excellence in…
US Army Commanding General Visits Austin Lighthouse
Travis Association for the Blind, also known as the Austin Lighthouse, welcomed the new Commanding General of the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to its Regional Logistic Support Center on Thursday, April 1. Major General Darren L. Werner,…
Robots to Give Blind Warehouse Workers an Assist and New Opportunities
With the distribution and warehousing landscape changing and growing at a significant rate, we at the Austin Lighthouse knew that we were going to have to grow and change with it in order to remain competitive. At the same time,…
PURELL® Emergency Response Products Now Available
We’ve brought in PURELL® Brand Emergency Response products to help fulfill the needs of our federal, state and local government end users. GOJO Industries, our co-brand partner, is packaging these products in different containers than usual to help speed up…