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The Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind is a private, not-for-profit agency providing employment, support, and training opportunities for people who are blind, Deaf-Blind, and blind with other disabilities. The Lighthouse has provided employment and support to blind people in our community for over eighty-five years. We are a successful manufacturing organization that is committed to making jobs accessible to blind individuals. Our Mission: to create and enhance opportunities for independence and self-sufficiency of people who are blind, Deaf-Blind, and blind with other disabilities.

Their philosophy maintains that each employee be provided with whatever supports are necessary for success in the workplace. Supports include an in-house sign language interpreting department to ensure effective communication for Deaf-Blind employees, staff mobility instructors to teach independent travel with a white cane or dog guide, and over 100 computer workstations adapted for use by visually impaired individuals.

Mission

— to create and enhance opportunities for independence and self-sufficiency of people who are blind, Deaf-Blind, and blind with other disabilities —

Creating and Enhancing Opportunities

TTC instrustructor Di Black (left) with student Jenné Chalfant (right)

The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. currently employs over 300 individuals, more than 200 of whom are blind, Deaf-Blind, or blind with other disabilities. In addition to offering employment opportunities, the Lighthouse provides a wide range of programs and services for visually impaired employees and blind people in the larger community. These include vocational computer training programs for blind adults and one-on-one computer classes for Deaf-Blind people.

Lighthouse for the Blind is a successful manufacturing organization that is committed to making jobs accessible to blind individuals. Its manufacturing operations center on making quality products for the federal government and various aerospace manufacturers.

Lighthouse for the Blind also has outreach and educational programs for the community at large, including its nationally acclaimed Deaf-Blind Retreat and Deaf-Blind Community Classes as well as a local school program to educate elementary school students.

The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
2501 South Plum Street
Seattle, Washington 98144-4711
 


     
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