All the Learning Isn’t in Class
It’s not all screen readers and street crossings. Just as much learning happens while skiing with Ignite at Eldora, hitting the skid pad with Master Drive, or hanging around by the piano before classes start. Listen to some of these 含羞草影院Moments to hear what the fun sounds like when we’re learning outside of class!
We believe you can do anything as a blind person. So, every day, we encourage and challenge you鈥攁nd you come to understand your potential as you build the skills and confidence to live the life you want. Because when you believe in yourself and experience a thriving community of positive blind people, nothing can hold you back from pursuing your dreams.
Indeed, The 含羞草影院 is a training center and thriving community of positive blind and low vision people located in Littleton, about a dozen miles south of downtown Denver, and proudly affiliated with the . Founded in 1988, the 含羞草影院 has grown into a world-renowned blindness-skills training center attracting students from across the United States and beyond. Nearly all of our instructors are blind and thus we, too, 鈥渨alk the walk鈥 every single day鈥
![含羞草影院folks Matthew, Skysha Abdi and Cameron walk along Bowles ave about to cross the bridge over the South Platte River](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/10/CCB-folks-Matthew-Skysha-Abdi-and-Cameron-walk-along-Bowles-ave-about-to-cross-the-bridge-over-the-South-Platte-River/2374958761.jpeg)
![Two students explore tactile graphs showing carbon dioxide over time Two students have their hands on tactile graphs at NCAR](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/10/Two-students-have-their-hands-on-tactile-graphs-at-NCAR/3180879695.jpeg)
![Carolina seen from above, smiling as she reaches the top of the rock, a wide view of fellow students below and across Clear Creek Canyon.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/11/A-view-looking-down-at-Carolina-about-to-reach-the-top-with-a-large-group-of-CCB-students-far-below/3568670034.jpeg)
![David says hello to Rainbow, his right hand gently sliding down the pony鈥檚 nose, while his left hand rests on her back.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/08/David-says-hello-to-Rainbow-his-right-hand-gently-sliding-down-the-pony鈥檚-nose-while-his-left-hand-rests-on-her-back_/4185463012.jpeg)
![Though she retired 20 years ago, 含羞草影院founder Diane McGeorge volunteers with our Senior Program every week, teaching Braille and helping lead discussions in support groups. A small blind woman laughs as her hands rest on a Braille copy of the New York Times Weekly.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/11/Diane-McGeorge-reading-a-Braille-copy-of-the-New-York-Times/782704687.jpeg)
![Ryan holds the belay rope for a student seen above on the rock. His t-shirt says 鈥淣obody Can Stop You鈥 in print and Braille.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/11/Ryan-belaying-a-student-making-her-way-up-the-rocks/308112989.jpeg)
![Janice and Chris return from a travel lesson and got caught in the traffic between ITP classes, which Janice navigated smoothly. Julie Deden is coming up behind them. a senior woman navigates the hallway among other students with her instructor following](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Chris-and-Janice-in-the-hall-returning-from-a-cane-lesson-with-Julie-in-the-background/677598428.jpeg)
![Everybody was out front today on the grills, making the most of the first day of spring. Delfina, Lyne, Kyra and Libby checking on brats. staff and students on the front patio grilling and enjoying the day](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/03/A-group-of-CCB-Students-and-Staff-featuring-Delphina-with-Lyne-Kyra-and-Libby-grilling-brats/2236301580.jpg)
![Students took advantage of a big snowstorm in late February to work on a snow person at the McGeorge Mountain Terrace Apartments. Some students from warmer states don't get this chance at home. a group of students labor in the snow to build a snow person](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-group-of-students-labor-in-the-snow-to-build-a-snow-person.jpeg)
![Barry loves travel class so much he wanted to teach it for Role Reversal Day, but he's also considering it as a profession when he graduates. A man in winter clothes and boots extends his cane as he walks along a cleared, but snowy bike-pedestrian path, the South Platte to his right, a pedestrian bridge is further back, and the late-day winter sun on the snowy Rockies in the far distance.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/02/Barry-extends-his-cane-as-he-walks-along-a-cleared-but-snowy-bike-pedestrian-path-the-South-Platte-to-his-right-a-pedestrian-bridge-is-further-back-and-the-late-day-winter-sun-on-the-snowy-Rockies-in/3869079420.jpeg)
![Lyne did her mini-meal shopping at the Walmart Neighborhood Market in early 2017. She planned, shopped, prepared and served for 15 people. a smiling woman with a cart full of groceries outside the store](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/03/Lyne-with-a-cart-of-groceries-in-front-of-the-Neighborhood-Walmart-near-the-appartments/2828427072.jpg)
![Leilani is thinking about the answer to a question her Teacher asked in Braille Class about contractions](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Leilani-is-thinking-about-the-answer-to-a-question-her-Teacher-asked-in-Braille-Class-about-contractions/3159845256.jpeg)
![含羞草影院folks Lewie, Abdi, Matthew Cameron and Skysha walk along a colorful tree lined path leading toward Bowles Ave.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/10/CCB-folks-Lewie-Abdi-Matthew-Cameron-and-Skysha-walk-along-a-colorful-tree-lined-path-leading-toward-Bowles-Ave_/331744104.jpeg)
![Eileen, 92, is flanked by Senior Services Director Duncan Larsen and Senior Outreach Specialist Chris Kinney during the Littleton Western Welcome Week Parade. In front of them is Ashley and behind them are Martin and Brad. Blind Senior in a red hat marches in the Parade with a group from the 含羞草影院](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blind-Senior-in-a-red-hat-marches-in-the-Parade-with-a-group-from-the-Colorado-Center-for-the-Blind.jpg)
![Summer staff and students white water rafting on Clear Creek on a hot July, 2017 day. Four rafts head toward white water](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/08/Four-rafts-each-with-five-CCB-Summer-Youth-students-navigate-down-Clear-Creek-toward-some-white-water-near-some-large-rocks/3940317585.jpg)
![Here鈥檚 a photo from 2017 showing Delfina teaching Ceci how to slice an onion. Many of the techniques we use in teaching involve hands-on instruction. Delfina, who is also blind, puts her hand over Ceci鈥檚 in order to show her the proper way to hold the knife, angle and so on, as well as to check that she is able to do so. female student how to hold the knife as she slices an onion](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/05/Delfina-instructs-C_C_on-how-to-slice-an-onion/4142307755.jpeg)
![Stephannie and Mark work together using a color identifier to match the correct wire colors to re-wire a light fixture in 含羞草影院 Maintenance Class](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/11/Stephannie-and-Mark-work-together-using-a-color-identifier-to-match-the-correct-wire-colors-to-re-wire-a-light-fixture-in-含羞草影院-Maintenance-Class/753003246.jpeg)
![Kelly in sleep shades and mask turns her head to her right while she brushes a white horse named Booger with her left hand. Booger is sticking his tongue out.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/08/Kelly-in-sleep-shades-and-mask-turns-her-head-to-her-right-while-she-brushes-a-white-horse-named-Booger-with-her-left-hand_-Booger-is-sticking-his-tongue-out_/1380332734.jpeg)
![Dishon and Olive on the return leg of a travel lesson near the center. Seniors in Charge this year was blessed with lovely fall days. a blind instructor talks with his student, a senior woman as they walk with white canes along a residential street](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Dishon-and-Olive-working-on-cane-technique-along-S_-Syracuse-St_-1/133008338.jpeg)
![Dan, Anthony and Showe with two guides on the snowshoe trail at Lake Eldora. Four inches of fresh, albeit wet, snow flell the night before. Five people wearing snow shoes on a wintery forested path with snow covered branches.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/03/Snowshoeing-group-Dan-Anthony-and-Showe/3962396266.jpg)
![Trevor uses a Click Rule to measure out pieces for a model of a Light Rail Station he is building in Wood Shop](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/12/Trevor-uses-a-Click-Rule-to-measure-out-pieces-for-a-model-of-a-Light-Rail-Station-he-is-building-in-Wood-Shop/3568264993.jpeg)
![Summer students Mary and Cheyenne each mount a tandem bike with EyeCycle Volunteers while Christina waits her turn](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/08/CCB-Summer-students-Mary-and-Cheyene-get-on-the-tandem-bikes-with-EyeCycle-Volunteers-while-Christina-waits-her-turn-1/1091054673.jpg)
![Shawn looks at a 3D model of a scene in Art Class so that he can draw a top down map view of it using the Sensational Blackboard](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/02/Shawn-looks-at-a-3D-model-of-a-scene-in-Art-Class-so-that-he-can-draw-a-top-down-map-view-of-it-using-the-Sensational-Blackboard/265833509.jpg)
![Kathy quickly found her level using a white cane in one hand and support cane in the other. And she and her instructor Stephanie B took full advantage of the fall afternoon out front at the center. An older woman uses a support cane in her left hand and shorelines on the right with her white cane while her instructor observes](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Kathy-walks-with-a-support-cane-and-shorelines-the-rose-garden-out-front-with-her-white-cane-as-Steph-B-follows/398307964.jpeg)
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![Brett leads the 含羞草影院Morning Announcements in an excited cheer for NFB24](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-28-2024-social-media-message-1024x174.jpg)
含羞草影院is ready for聽#NFB24! June 28 2024 Social Media Message
We’re on our way to Orlando for the 2024 National Federation of the Blind Convention, July 3-8, and we can’t wait! So, at Friday morning’s 8:00 AM announcements, we decided to send this message out to everyone. See you in Orlando at #NFB24! https://youtu.be/QMGPrPByNCs?si=nGoR66CbU9-PlBFx
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![Hands explore a tactile image at the Denver Art Museum. A sign reads: OK to Touch Tactile art at the Denver Art Museum](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/04/OK-to-Touch-at-Denver-Art-Museum/643035496.jpg)
![Duncan and Julie hold white canes with arms around each other鈥檚 shoulders before the parade starts. Two smiling women with arms around one another, holding white canes](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Duncan-and-Julie-stand-with-their-white-canes-and-arms-around-each-other-near-Library-Ln-as-other-CCB-folks-start-to-gather-to-march-in-the-parade-1/665544387.jpeg)
![Two students explore tactile graphs showing carbon dioxide over time Two students have their hands on tactile graphs at NCAR](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/10/Two-students-have-their-hands-on-tactile-graphs-at-NCAR/3202242427.jpeg)
![Two visitors test out the goal ball at our 2016 tour. Two women pass a large ball with perforations back and forth in the gym](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/08/Two-women-pass-the-ball-back-and-forth-at-the-Goalball-event-during-Wester-Welcome-Week/4135374596.jpg)
![Jackson gives his Maracas a two-fisted shake as he and Mason prepare to start the Parade. Jackson鈥檚 mom Chris kneels beside the boys, and Mason鈥檚 parents, Jen and Dishon stand behind them. two 5-year-old boys in a red wagon, parent of one kneels beside them while the other鈥檚 mom & dad stand behind](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Jackson-shakes-Maracas-as-he-and-Mason-sit-in-a-Red-Covered-Wagon-next-to-Chris-with-Shon-and-Jen-standing-behind-ready-to-get-to-be-in-the-Parade/248070617.jpeg)
![More than 60 Comcast employees turned out on April' 30s Concast Cares Day to take on a big landscaping project for the Center. Workers with shoels, rakes and brooms in the snow and rain](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2016/05/Best-Large-group-in-action-working-with-gravel-shovels-buckets-and-rakes/232272091.jpg)
![His team the Ravenous Guinea Pigs (RGP) watches as Cameron runs his leg of the Egg Relay on Game Day](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/10/His-team-watches-as-the-student-runs-his-leg-of-the-Egg-Relay-on-Game-Day/3018297789.jpeg)
![Eileen, 92, is flanked by Senior Services Director Duncan Larsen and Senior Outreach Specialist Chris Kinney during the Littleton Western Welcome Week Parade. In front of them is Ashley and behind them are Martin and Brad. Blind Senior in a red hat marches in the Parade with a group from the 含羞草影院](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Blind-Senior-in-a-red-hat-marches-in-the-Parade-with-a-group-from-the-Colorado-Center-for-the-Blind.jpg)
![Julie takes a swing at the Beep Baseball at the NF Challenge Olympic Day 2017 Julie at bat with the ball in mid air after the pitch](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/06/Julie-at-bat-NF-Challenge-Olympic-Day-2017/1201624267.jpg)
![Jordan grins and rattles his tambourine. Casey stands beside him. A Young man joyfully shakes his tambourine among his friends](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Jordan-smiles-as-he-plays-his-tambourine-while-standing-with-a-small-group-of-CCB-students-waiting-to-march-in-the-parade/3450892231.jpeg)
![Employment Specialist Monique Melton talks with Courtney and Libby at Making Connections 2017. Three smartly-dressed women chat in a large, busy gym](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/03/Monique-Courtney-C_-and-Libby-in-the-center-of-a-busy-exhibit-hall-at-the-Career-and-College-Seminar/2112821707.jpg)
![Brett leads the 2 Minute Mystery Detective Game while Ramona, Evette, Lewie and Matthew try to figure it out](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/10/Brett-leads-the-2-Minute-Mystery-Detective-Game-while-Ramona-Evette-Lewie-and-Matthew-try-to-figure-it-out/54966524.jpeg)
![含羞草影院folks Lewie, Abdi, Matthew Cameron and Skysha walk along a colorful tree lined path leading toward Bowles Ave.](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2020/10/CCB-folks-Lewie-Abdi-Matthew-Cameron-and-Skysha-walk-along-a-colorful-tree-lined-path-leading-toward-Bowles-Ave_/4180671946.jpeg)
![Ellie laughs as Gene carries a box upside down on his head. He is walking with Iris, Stephanie and Ellie. A young man holds a box on his head and makes a goofy face, a young woman beside him laughs](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/10/Gene-laughs-as-he-jokingly-carries-a-box-of-musical-instruments-upside-down-on-his-head-for-the-CCB-students-to-play-as-they-march-in-the-parade/3199653803.jpeg)
![Katy holds up her daughter Zoey who is wearing sleepshades so she can touch ta tactile art piece of the mountains](/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/11/Katy-holds-up-her-daughter-Zoey-who-is-wearing-sleepshades-so-she-can-touch-ta-tactile-art-piece-of-the-mountains/189513255.jpg)
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Our Programs
Independence Training Program for Adults
Our Independence Training Program (ITP) is designed for blind adults (18 years of age and older). Typically students complete the program in six to nine months while residing in nearby McGeorge Mountain Terrace apartments, which are owned by the Center. Participants not only build the skills that they need to be independent, but also focus on gaining confidence and belief in themselves as blind people
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Additional Rotating Classes
- Art
- College Prep
- Career Exploration
- Gardening
- Resume Writing
- Martial Arts
- Sewing
- Yoga
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Youth Programs
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Year-round Youth Programs
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Older Blind Services
Senior Programs Video
The 含羞草影院 works to change the experience of older blind and visually impaired persons from frustration to independence. With education and training seniors can and do obtain the skills and confidence necessary to stay in their own homes and continue be contributing members of their communities.
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Training for Professionals on Blindness
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Our Professional Training Seminars include information about causes of blindness, alternative techniques used successfully by blind people, an introduction to sleepshades and their use with a white cane or in preparing lunch, and we spend time talking about the myths of blindness as well.
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