Help More Youth with Vision Loss Thrive Kids, teens and young adults with vision loss are thriving as they discover their passions and potential through our CareersPLUS program that now includes a wide variety of opportunities: Youth-led...
Learn moreJoy was born deaf in one ear and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 16, but she said the depression came when she was pronounced legally blind four months after giving birth to her daughter. “It felt like the cruelest slap in the face,”...
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Elizabeth Symington remembers the book that inspired her to learn braille. She was in college studying art and found a children’s book at the library, “A Color of His Own” by Leo Lionni, which paired color with texture and used braille. The book...
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We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit Society for the Blind. We are starting out the new year with some great news. We have now partnered with Target Circle! For those...
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In 2002, Brandie Kubel helped create the retreat model for our Senior IMPACT Project. Twenty years later, she used that same model to create a summer camp for 10 teens and young adults ages 16-20 in our CareersPLUS program that she directs. “I...
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Robert Edwards remembers the sound of the screeching tires as the moment when he finally admitted he was going blind. The now 53-year-old was riding his bicycle through an intersection three years ago when a car suddenly stopped and the driver...
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