Click here to read "A study found Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz's website wasn't accessible to people with disabilities" in Politico, October, 2022
Click here to read "Georgia campaigns fail to meet digital requirements for the visually impaired" in Atlanta News First, October 7, 2022
Click here to read "None of These Major Midterm Campaign Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters" in Time, September 27, 2022
Click here to read "U.S. Midterm Candidate Websites Lacking In Basic Accessibility" in Forbes, September 27, 2022
Click here to read "Is Your Website Truly Accessible to Seniors With Vision Impairment?" in AgeWise Newsletter, September, 2021
Click here to read "Three Ways Retailers Can Avoid Accessibility Lawsuits and Reach Even More Customers Online" in Retail Touch Points, May 20, 2021
Click here to read "It’s Time To Escalate The Naming And Shaming Of Inaccessible Websites” in Forbes, September 28, 2020
Click here to read "Audit Finds Pharmacy Websites Not Accessible to Vision Impaired Patients” in Pharmacy Times, August 31, 2020
Click here to read "Publix Scores High for Online Accessibility” in The ProgressiveGrocer.com, June 17, 2020
Click here to read "Disabled Students Already Faced Learning Barriers. Then Coronavirus Forced an Abrupt Shift to Online Classes" in The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 07, 2020
Click here to read "Visually impaired adapt to distance learning" in Miami Herald, March 29, 2020
Click here to read "2020 Presidential Candidates Are Making (Some) Progress On Website Accessibility" in Time, September 12, 2019
Click here to read "Fix Your Sites - A report for a nonprofit that advocates for the blind" in Politico, June 27, 2019
Click here to read "None of the 2020 Presidential Candidates' Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters" in TIME Magazine, June 26, 2019
Click here to read "Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind" in VOX, June 26, 2019
Click here to read "No 2020 candidates websites are fully accessible to the blind: review" in The Hill, June 26, 2019
Click here to read "Miami Lighthouse for the Blind Can Assist with Website Accessibility" in South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report, June, 2019
Click here to read "Not Everyone Can See Your Website" in Martech Zone, April 25, 2019
Click here to read "Help build this generation's 'ramp' for blind and disabled website accessibility" in Miami Today, April 4, 2019
Click here to read Virginia Jacko's Op-Ed article "Give visually impaired better internet access" Miami Herald, September 13, 2016
Click here to read Virginia Jacko's article "Accessible Websites Make Good Legal and Business Sense" in the Association of Corporate Counsels of South Florida newsletter.
Click here to read "Avoiding Litigation: Is Your Website Accessible to Visually, Hearing Impaired?" an article published in the Daily Business Review co-authored by Miami Lighthouse Honorary Director Steven Solomon.
Click here to read The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2011 edition by Virginia Jacko "Let's Give the Blind Better Access to Online Learning"
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Miami Lighthouse received the coveted Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2023 Nonprofit Business Innovative Excellence NOVO Award with an organizational budget of $2 million and above.
Miami Lighthouse ranks among the elite 1% of U.S. nonprofits having earned 13 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator, the nation's premier independent nonprofit evaluator. Receiving such a distinction reflects our sound fiscal management, responsible use of donor dollars, and financial strength.
Early Intervention Blind Babies Program Named the Children's Trust 2016 Program of the Year. This most prestigious award recognizes this Early Intervention Program, in particular, for including parents as teachers.
Miami Lighthouse Learning Center for Children™ is a Florida gold seal and nationally Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment (APPLE)
Miami Lighthouse was recognized at the 2015 Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards luncheon as an organization that has demonstrated excellence and innovation in community health.
Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2015 Beacon Award in Education at the 13th Annual Beacon Council Awards.
Miami Lighthouse is a two-time Charity Partner (2013 and 2014) of the Marlins Foundation and a 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Legacy Partner. Our Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program has received over $300,000 in charitable donations through these partnerships.
Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2008 Concern Award from Health Foundation of South Florida.
Miami Lighthouse received a Silver medal at the 2016 Miami Today Gold Medal Awards Ceremony.
Miami Lighthouse named "Best of Miami" Charity 2017 by the New Times.
Miami Lighthouse received United Homecare's 2012 Thelma Gibson Community Service Award at the 18th Annual Claude Pepper Memorial Awards Ceremony.
Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious South Florida Business Journal 2011 Excellence in Health Care Award in the Community Outreach category.
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Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2020 award for "Best in Nonprofit" campaign by PRWeek referred to as the "Oscars of the PR industry".
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