Recreation

Televison - Audio Described TV/Movies

XFinity Tv Remote (voice control and voice guidance)
Video Description Explained by AFB
Video Description by AFB
Media Access Group - At WGBH's Media Access Group offers a variety of services that help to make television, movies and more accessible for all

Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library offers audio described videos (DVD and VHS) to loan to patrons
Netflix - The Audio Description Project,
an Initiative of the American Council of the Blind, has compiled this information about streaming videos with audio description tracks

Use Key Word Search: "DVS".

Museums
How Do People with Low Vision . . . Go To Museums?

How Do People with Low Vision Go to Museums? from Perkins e-Learning
Museum Passes from Perkins Library
- The Library offers free or discount passes to seven area museums. Call 617-972-7240 or 800-852-3133 or email library@perkins.org for more information or to reserve a pass.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Accessibility
- The Museum is committed to accessibility for all visitors. For general access information, call 617-267-9300, or e-mail access@mfa.org

New England Aquarium
- Visitors using wheelchairs and visitors with visual impairments are welcome at the Aquarium free of charge.
- An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is available from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month. ASL interpreters can be arranged to enhance the Aquarium experience for visitors who are hearing impaired. Please call 617-973-5206 at least two weeks in advance.

Transportation

MBTA Blind Access Charlie Card
- The card entitles user and a sighted guide to ride for free on all MBTA fixed-route services (bus, subway, commuter rail and commuter ferry)
Steamship Authority Free Travel
- Any passenger who is legally blind travels for free with proper identification from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. If the passenger is accompanied by a helper or companion, the helper or companion also travels for free.
GoGo Grandparent
- By calling GoGo, older adults and riders of all ages can summon a ride through a Transportation Network Company (such as Uber or Lyft), without having to own or use a smartphone. GoGo also screens the vehicles and drivers based on riders' unique needs.
Eye Ride Foundation
- Apply for assistance with transportation costs

Get Outdoors

Cape Cod Fun and Accessible Activities by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Cape Cod Fun (PDF)
- Cape Cod Fun (RTF)
Accessible Hiking Routes: Great Places to Practice Cane and Other Mobility Skills in Massachusetts
- Let's Walk Outside (PDF)
- Let's Walk Outside (RTF)
Universal Access Program by Department of Conservation and Recreation
Accessible Trails and Wildlife Sanctuaries by Mass Audubon Accessibility
- Download the Accessible Trails Manual
Audio Program from NPR Station WCAI: The Joys and Challenges of Adaptive Sports
Audio Presentation: Sensory Trails - What's New in Massachusetts by Jerry Berrier & Marcy Marchello

Hobbies

Activities

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