The 2025 Massachusetts municipal elections are just around the corner and voters with disabilities can ensure their voices are heard through this handy guide to accessible voting. 🗳️ Apply: bit.ly/4nmrWg9

Fun fact: Interview with the #Vampire author, #AnneRice once arrived to a book signing in a hearse accompanied by a full #NewOrleans jazz band and was even carried out in a coffin! ⚰️ Works by Rice can be found in accessible formats at Perkins Library! bit.ly/4d4iwjK

Read one of 2024's most banned books! #BannedBooksWeek 📕 All Boys Aren't Blue @IAmGMJohnson 📕 Tricks by Ellen Hopkins 📕 Sold by Patricia McCormick 📕 Looking for Alaska by John Green 📕 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews 📕 Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

In honor of their 135th anniversary, the MBLC is launching a blog series highlighting key figures in their history. Read on to learn more about founding Commissioner, #CivilWar veteran, state legislator, author, and historian Henry Nourse Stedman. bit.ly/4gW7nVu

It's #NationalNewspaperWeek! 📰 NFB-NEWSLINE® is a free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low vision, or print-disabled that offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more! Get started! bit.ly/4d4iwjK

Being #Blind does not necessarily mean living with the “lights off.” Only about 15% of people with blindness see nothing at all. The majority have light and color perception, while those with different visual impairments have varying degrees of usable vision. #WorldSightDay

Perkins Library will be closed on Monday, October 13 in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday.

Friend and patron of the library, Andrew Leland, will be joining the Robbins Library for their next Author Talk about his book, The Country of the Blind. Don't miss out! 🗓️ Thursday, October 16 🕖 7:00-8:30 p.m. 📍700 Mass. Ave, Arlington, MA More info: bit.ly/3KCKf1Z

Scientists at Cornell University University are developing a water-resistant #Braille display that creates tiny sparks to force domed rubber membranes to turn inside out, creating a raised braille dot. #AssistiveTechnology bit.ly/47frwms

With up to 20% of Americans showing signs of #Dyslexia, enjoying a good book can be challenging. Free audiobooks from Perkins Library can help you harness the power of reading! #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth Reach out to get started today: bit.ly/4d4iwjK

Tips for preserving your vision with #MacularDegeneration bit.ly/46KvYsF

For #WhiteCaneDay, check out one of the newest items available at our assistive technology Demo Center, the @WeWalkio Smart Cane 2! Give it a test run by scheduling an appointment with Cory Kadlik at 617-972-7580. #WhiteCane #AssistiveTechnology #Blind

Today is #OscarWilde's birthday! The Portrait of #DorianGray author was witty until the end. 🖋️ His last words were “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.” Check out works by Wilde in accessible formats! bit.ly/4d4iwjK

Introducing Pages to Popcorn, our new club about books that became movies! 🍿 First up is A Patch of Blue and its 1965 romantic drama adaptation. 🗓️ Tues, Oct 28, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m. 📍 Via Zoom Register by calling 617-972-7683 or emailing [email protected].

Perkins Library director Kim Charlson will be speaking at #Democracy Talks. Learn about the current status of disability rights on the federal, state, and local levels! 🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 🕡 6:30 p.m. 📍 Watertown Free Public Library More details: bit.ly/4gQEjP1

Researchers at Georgia Tech are developing a smart show insert that will aid people with disabilities that impact mobility. #AssistiveTechnology #Mobility bit.ly/46vMUSo

Karen Cahill, Deputy Executive Director of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, will join us for Cranberry Month! 🗓️ Tuesday, October 21, 2025 🕑 Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET 📍 Tele-Fun Zoom room To register for Perkins Library Without Walls, call 617-972-7852.

Check out these spooky kids' reads all in accessible formats at Perkins Library! #Halloween 👻 📙 Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds 📙 Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage 📙 Felice and the Wailing Woman by Diana Lopez 📙 The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

Celebrate Halloween while practicing fine motor skills and experimenting with different textures and materials by making a cute "wooly web!" 🕸️ Subscribe to PerKIDS for more craft ideas: bit.ly/40Hq4Gj #TactileCraft #HalloweenCraft #Spiderweb

During October's celebration of 200 years of #Braille, Perkins School for the Blind students and teachers joined us to play modified or adapted board, tabletop, and card games that include braille and other tactile elements! 🎲 🃏 It was a blast!