Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired throughout Montana

Summer Orientation Program, (SOP), 2025

🌟 **Discover the Summer Orientation Program in Montana!** 🌟

Enroll Deadline Extended to May 31, 2025

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey? Sign up now for exclusive training tailored for the blind and visually impaired. This program is your gateway to independence, empowerment, and cutting-edge technology.

🌟 **What's New?**

If you've attended in the past, it's time to retake the course! This year, we're introducing innovative apps designed specifically for the blind, alongside groundbreaking AI tools that redefine accessibility. Experience firsthand how technology can assist and enhance daily life.

💡 **Why Join?**

- Gain essential skills for independent living.
- Explore the latest advancements in assistive technology.
- Connect with a supportive community that understands your journey.

The MAB Summer Orientation Program (SOP) is a one-of-a-kind opportunity in the state for adults who have recently lost or are losing their sight to get concentrated training in independent living skills. Our program is held each summer – this year we will be at the Ursuline Center in Great Falls, where we rent facilities for participants and staff to live and take classes. The program will run from June 16-July 11. The MAB pays for the costs of room, board, and tuition for participants.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Montana awaits—sign up today and be part of something extraordinary!

🌟 Go to: www.mabsop.org/sop.html

The Montana Association for the Blind (MAB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1947 to aid in the education, training, and support of individuals who are facing blindness and their families.

The mission of MAB is to promote the social and economic self-sufficiency of blind and low-vision Montanans through the facilitation of quality education, training, community, employment, and adaptive services, in addition to fostering a positive understanding of blindness. We envision a Montana in which blindness is understood to be an ordinary and respectable part of life and in which the skills and tools of blindness are readily available to all who may benefit from them.

If you want to become a member of the Montana Association for the Blind, please open this fillable form and send it by E-mail to: mabadmin@mabsop.org.

Open the MAB Membership Application Form 2025

* If form is not accessible pleaseClick Here for Accessible Membership Application

We work toward this goal by offering adaptive training programs, outreach and community, scholarships to blind college students, and programs that help individuals obtain the adaptive equipment they need. Our local chapters provide support, information, understanding and a sense of community to visually impaired people across the state, many in remote communities with zero access to blind services or community support. Our cornerstone program is our Summer Orientation Program for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SOP), an intensive independent-living training program that gives adults the skills they need to lead autonomous and satisfying lives after vision loss.

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