Celebrating 20 Years of Serving our Veterans
Alphapointe is pleased to be serving the proud men and women who have served our country.
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Dating with a disability: ‘I don’t feel like a burden … Why should I act like one?’
(Originally published on August 16, 2018 in the Kansas City Star) BY AARON RANDLE [email protected] August 16, 2018 05:30 AM When Kirby Hough meets a man for a first date, she deceives him until she believes he is worthy of the truth. He will walk into the bar or restaurant and find Hough already there,…
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Antonio Arbelo was just a toddler when his desktop closed-circuit television (CCTV) was made. That was more than 50 years ago. A U.S. Navy veteran, Arbelo served from 1985 until he was medically discharged in 1992 after he lost sight in one eye during a mission. After a lengthy career managing a crew of 15…
ALPHA RACE AT KSSB
by Helen Hahn, Braille and Academics Instructor On Friday morning, September 21, several clients and staff from Alphapointe, loaded the van and car to travel to the Kansas State School for the Blind, (KSSB) where we joined in the fun and festivities for their Track Walk. The event, sponsored by the KC Blind All-Stars, was organized…
Richard Heimer Celebrates 45 Years at Alphapointe
If you worked at the same organization for decades, you might start to think about how much time you’ve spent doing the same thing. Not Richard Heimer. But, there is one thing he’s able to easily quantify. Nov. 17, 2021 marked the 45th anniversary of when he started working at Alphapointe. Heimer’s first job in…
He Operates Molding Machines. But He Can’t See Them.
(Originally published in the New York Times by Patricia R. Olsen on 9/28/2018) Jay Browder, 43, is a machine operator at Alphapointe in Kansas City, Mo. When did you become blind? I lost my sight at 19 when I got shot in the face in a gun accident. I had left high school early to go…