Recreation

Audio Described TV/Movies

Video Description Explained 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 Library offers audio described videos to loan to patrons
Netflix - How to access Audio Description
Audiojack - Audio-based movies with no words
Described Videos at Local Library or through MA Inter - Library Loan Program

Use Key Word Search: "DVS".

Television Accessibility

Museums

How Do People with Low Vision Go to Museums? from Perkins e-Learning
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 [email protected]

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.

Activities

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
- Spring Schedule 2025
- Adaptive Recreation Fair: Saturday, June 7th, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
  - Adaptive Recreation Fair Flyer PDF
  - Adaptive Recreation Fair Flyer RTF
- Herter Park/Artesani Playground, 1255 Soldiers Field Rd, Brighton, MA 02135
Beach Wheelchairs in Massachusetts State Parks
Accessible Trails and Wildlife Sanctuaries by Mass Audubon Accessibility
- NEW All Persons Trail at Allens Pond article from South Coast Today
All Out Adventures: Outdoor recreation for people of all abilities
Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers
Audio Program from NPR Station WCAI: The Joys and Challenges of Adaptive Sports
Smile Mass Accessible Play and Travel

Transportation

MBTA Blind Access Charlie Card
- The card entitles user and an accompanying guide to ride for free on all MBTA fixed-route services (bus, subway, commuter rail and commuter ferry). The card can be applied for online.
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.

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