Tina Chang was just 3 years old when her family moved to Taiwan. When she returned to the Bay Area at age 14, she was shy and did not speak English fluently. Her college counselor recommended she sign up for volunteer work, so Tina decided to...
Learn moreAbility Central recently awarded Society for the Blind a $30,000 capacity building grant to create a leadership program for staff. Of the first seven staff members to be trained for management roles, six are visually impaired. “Cultivating our...
Learn moreIn the month of Louis Braille’s birthday and the start of a new year and decade, we wanted to share some exciting updates about our Braille program. Certification in Unified English Braille code Jill Guilbeau, our Braille instructor, is now...
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Carol Rae Anapolsky has never been afraid to try new things. The 90-year-old Renaissance woman is a Sacramento native who opened and ran the largest gourmet chocolate shop on the West Coast, Kaylah le Chocolatier, until she and her husband...
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In three days, Elizabeth Lam went from being a 52-year-old systems trainer at health care company Centene to no longer being able to put on her own socks. She woke up on February 28, 2018 with an excruciating headache and blurry vision, but had...
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“What can a blind person do?” That was 21-year-old Liz Campos’ response when her mother insisted she call Society for the Blind to ask about volunteer opportunities. It turns out the answer is: Change people’s lives. Liz started to go blind when...
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