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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

• MoPix Motion Picture Access Project - DVS movie listings at movie theaters

• Perkins Library offers audio described videos 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

• Described Videos at Local Library or through MA Inter - Library Loan Program

Use Key Word Search: "DVS".

• NOBLE Web Catalog North of Boston Library Exchange
• C/W MARS Central & Western MA Public Libraries
• Cape Library DVS Home Video Search Page
• Old Colony Library Network 
• SAILS Library Network, serving Southeastern MA - Current Library Issues
• Minuteman Library Network - Web Catalog
• Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
• Metro Boston Catalog

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Television Accessibility

• ​XFinity Tv Remote (voice control and voice guidance)
• Smart TV Accessibility Features
  • Samsung
  • Sony
  • LG​
  • Sharp

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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. 

Activities​​

• Leisure and Learning at Home
• Using All Your Senses Activity Ideas (PDF)
• Using All Your Senses Activity Ideas (RTF)
• Exercise Choice Box (PDF)
• Exercise Choice Box (RTF)
• Movement, Safety and Fun
• APH Activity Ideas
• Fun and Game Apps
• Recreation and Leisure for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Vision Aware​​

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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
  • Program Overview (PDF)
  • Winter 2023 Adaptive Programs Schedule 
• Beach Wheelchairs in Massachusetts State Parks
• Accessible Trails and Wildlife Sanctuaries by Mass Audubon Accessibility
  • ​​Download the Accessible Trails Manual
  • NEW All Persons Trail at Allens Pond article from South Coast Today
• Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers 
• Audio Program from NPR Station WCAI: The Joys and Challenges of Adaptive Sports 
• Smile Mass Accessible Play and Travel

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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.
• ​​Eye Ride Foundation
  • ​Apply for assistance with transportation costs

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See Also:

Local and National Organizations: Vision Loss

News & Information Access

Strategies for Everyday Situations​

Products for Accessibility

Orientation & Mobility 

MCB/DDS Services & Resources

Technology for Low Vision & Blindness

Vision Loss Support Groups