Recreation

Audio Described TV/Movies

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 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
Audiojack - Audio-based movies with no words

Use Key Word Search: "DVS".

Television Accessibility

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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