Find Financial Freedom with Our Bridges Resource Library This month, we highlight after-high school opportunities from free tuition to work incentives that help blind/low vision students Find Financial Freedom! This week, we check out the great resources and services our Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled (LBPD) provides. Bridges’ Support Always Available Your […]
Author: Carlton Walker
Updated as of February 19, 2024. Note: The worker must have paid the expense in order for it to be considered an IRWE exclusion. Categories Download available IRWE Calculation Spreadsheet (two worksheets: SSDI Calculation & IRWE Calculation) Contact the Bridges Helpdesk for More Information Our Accessible web form Email: Helpdesk@imagemd.org Text: Send to: (410) 357-1546 […]
Updated as of February 19, 2024. Note: Blind Work Expense items do not have to be related to your blindness. Note: The worker must have paid the expense in order for it to be considered a BWE exclusion from income calculation. Categories Download Available BEAR’s BWE Calculation Spreadsheet (two worksheets: SSI Calculation & BWE Calculation) […]
Braille eReader
The Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD) serves as Maryland’s branch of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print-disabled. Updated as of May 18, 2024 About the Braille eReader Due to its association with NLS, LBPD can loan a 20-cell refreshable braille display at no cost to any LBPD […]
BADIE Contest
Updated as of February 19, 2024. Benefits of Audio Description in Education (BADIE) Contest 2024 Audio description opens doors of access to visually-presented information in videos (movies, television shows, and more) to blind/low vision individuals of all ages. The BADIE contest invites students to write a review of an audio-described video – sharing the good, […]