Norman McDaniel changed jobs, joined a demanding company, was preparing to get married and was working to move his mother – all within 60 days. The pressure was too much for his eyes. Having been diagnosed with glaucoma three years earlier...
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Terri Walsh was a 43-year-old physical therapist in Pleasanton with an active life playing tennis and managing her four teenage kids when her world changed in 2008. After a radial keratotomy years before, she underwent a corneal transplant that...
Learn moreBrandie Kubel has been described as “stubborn” almost from the moment she was born five months premature, weighing just 1 pound and five ounces with little hope for survival. “My parents were told not to get attached to me or even name me,”...
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Audio description past, present and future across all media and platforms February 22: 5:30-7:00pm Via Zoom Society for the Blind invites you to take part in a conversation with three of today’s most recognizable voice talents: Roy Samuelson...
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Susan Hood was working on a degree in art history and a lifelong dance history project when a dental visit led to a staphylococcus blood infection that nearly killed her in 2017. “I wasn’t expected to live, but I did,” Susan said. After nine...
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Jisselle Yanez, age 19, was blind at birth and learned to navigate her world without vision from a young age. But as the Vacaville resident was preparing to graduate from high school in 2020 and begin classes at San Francisco State University...
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