News

Yakima Herald features customer Tracy "Dino" Sanchez in our Orientation and Training Center (OTC). (11/5/2011)

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! (10/1/2011)

The City of Everett's "Lions Park adds cutting-edge technology for visually impaired." (9/29/2011)

Google and American Council for the Blind (ACB) create survey on computer usage patterns among people who are blind or have low vision. (9/29/2011)

Hear DSB counselor Christyna Hengstler talk about our services on KBOO Community Radio 90.7 FM! (6/27/2011)

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), American Federation for the Blind (AFB) launches a free online Job Seeker's Toolkit. (10/11/2010)

KOMO-TV covers the Department of Services for the Blind's Tacoma Job Search Boot Camp! (5/28/2010)

On June 26, 2010, Su Park, a high-school sophomore and DSB customer from Federal Way will participate in the National Braille Challenge finals at the Braille Institute, Los Angeles!  Su competed in January to earn a top spot. The Braille Challenge, a competition for students who read and write Braille from grades 1 through 12, has five categories—Apprentice, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior Varsity and Varsity.  Su will compete with 11 other sophomores in Los Angeles for the honor of 2010 National Braille Champion.
Congratulations, Su!  DSB wishes you all the best in Los Angeles! (5/20/2010)

DSB's Alan Garrels receives the Louis Braille School's Distinguished Service Award at their fourth annual auction for being instrumental in implementing programs, such as Bridge and YES I and II, for students who are blind or have low vision throughout Washington state. Congratulations, Alan! (3/20/2010)

Department of Services for the Blind (DSB) launches new website. (2/11/2010)

Our American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Plan focuses on creating and saving jobs, building service delivery capacity and infrastructure.