About Angela’s House Training Center
The vision of Angela’s House is to create and establish a Nevada person-centered training facility for those who are blind or low vision, and prepare individuals and families to live independently with access to services, education, and recreation.
Angela's House is the only facility specifically designed to offer life skills training, resources, and peer support in Nevada. It is a place where those with severe vision loss can learn the skills to gain or regain self-confidence, self-sufficiency, and a sense of purpose. Those who are low vision or blind don’t have to face the challenges life has for them alone. Blindconnect offers a safe and supportive place where blindness professionals are they themselves blind utilizing the Structured Discovery methods of teaching.
Angela’s House is located inside the innovative 14,0000+ square foot RTC Mobility Training Center. Being at the Center is like being on a movie set with streets, buildings, and two city buses that simulate travel. The overall experience helps visually impaired people test their skills before venturing into the larger community. The partnership and collaboration between RTC and Blindconnect are unique. It is the only one in the U.S. where a nonprofit and a transit agency share facility space to serve training needs for those with disabilities. Angela’s House training center includes a great room/dining room, kitchen, bedroom, technology lab, and bathroom. The center is fully equipped as a working home so skills are transferable to any home setting. Personalized instruction for participants focuses on individualized challenges and needs.
Born blind in one eye, Angela began losing her usable vision in her remaining eye in the early 2000’s. She struggled with her blindness and was unable to find Las Vegas-based training opportunities to meet her needs. As a member of the Blindconnect Board of Directors, she helped plan for a blindness skills training center which she never saw come to fruition.
Angela’s House is her legacy.
Stan Mitchell & Ed Robichaud
Stan Mitchell and Ed Robichaud share their testimonials in regard to their individual journeys with Angela’s House…
