Greater Louisville Council of the Blind

Announcing New Website Supporting Brownsboro Road Sidewalk

The Kentucky Council of the Blind first called for sidewalks along the north side of Brownsboro Road between Ewing and Haldeman Avenues in Louisville in 1976. Nearby neighborhoods and Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh became heavily involved in the reconfiguration of the street and the sidewalk project 13 years ago.

Now work is ready to begin and some businesses have decided that they don't want traffic to slow down or pedestrians to have a sidewalk to their doors.

Read the whole story at safe42.org or at explore42.org.

March Calendar of Activities Posted

Lots of things going on. Your chance to get involved on a GLCB committee and participate in some great events.

Welcome to the GLCB Website

The Greater Louisville Council of the Blind is a chapter of the Kentucky Council of the Blind. GLCB has blind, visually impaired, and sighted members in Jefferson and Oldham counties, Clark and Floyd counties in southern Indiana, and throughout the metropolitan Louisville area.

The Greater Louisville Council of the Blind works for equality and independence for all people with vision loss. GLCB advocates for quality education for blind children and youth, expanded training and job opportunities for visually impaired adults, improved services for seniors over age 60 who are just losing their vision, and better public transportation for people who cannot drive.

GLCB supports issues that touch all blind and visually impaired people, such as:

• Positive change in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
• Accessible money, identifiable by touch
• Accessible websites that work with speech, large print, and braille displays
• Audible traffic signals and detectable warnings for pedestrian safety for everyone
• Spoken emergency warnings and video description on television
• Talking menus and other features to make cell phones, DVD players and other technology accessible to people who cannot read the screen
• Accessible textbooks in braille, large print and electronic formats for blind and visually impaired students

GLCB encourages people who are just losing their vision to participate in community meetings and activities that provide peer support. Family members are also encouraged to attend so they can learn about blindness and visual impairment and discover how people with vision loss handle activities of daily living.

Explore our website and learn about our local meetings and activities. Visit the Kentucky Council of the Blind for statewide news and events, and learn about national programs, publications and events at the American Council of the Blind.

Copyright 2008 by the Greater Louisville Council of the Blind
Email the Greater Louisville Council of the Blind
148 Vernon Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: (502) 895-4598

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