Basit Choudhary of Elk Grove was fascinated when he realized it was easier to walk with zero vision than it was with partial vision. Wearing learning shades in Society for the Blind’s orientation and mobility class, Basit was no longer distracted...
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Honoring the past, present and future of vision care in the Sacramento region. This event is named in honor of Sacramento’s first ophthalmologist, Dr. William Ellery Briggs. He provided some of the most advanced eye care of his day to railroad...
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Daniela was 17 years old when she noticed a dot pop up in her vision – it would take nearly seven years for doctors near her home in Burbank to understand why her vision was declining. From brain tumors to lupus, the potential causes were...
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Jack Meehan of Roseville received his first pair of glasses at age 4, but it would take 10 years and a visit to Society for the Blind’s Low Vision Clinic for him to find glasses that helped him use his functional vision. His father, Mike Meehan...
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Randy says becoming blind probably saved his life. When the Rancho Cordova resident began losing his vision at age 61, he had been working two jobs most of his life, was battling Type 2 diabetes and weighed more than 300 pounds. Now at 68, he is...
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Twenty-two years ago, Calvin Robertson of Vacaville was diagnosed with cone-rod dystrophy at the age of 41. It would take two decades and the loss of two wives and his mother for him to seek out help from Society for the Blind. Calvin had noticed...
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