When Sweet Ann first noticed she couldn’t see anything below her chin, she was in college in her home country, the Philippines. A sense of dread overtook her, as she recognized the telltale symptom of retinitis pigmentosa, better known as RP. She...
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Help Expand Braille Across Sacramento Our new Braille Production & Training program is growing rapidly as local organizations hire us to Braille everything from menus and playbills to manuals and brochures. With our Braille services in...
Learn moreWhen Tian Chiu of Los Gatos began looking for online volunteer opportunities, she never expected to be reading about the Wild West to people with vision loss. But now the Los Gatos High School junior records herself reading Wild West Magazine for...
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While the rest of her high school senior class was preparing for prom and graduation, Bridget was in and out of doctors’ offices trying to figure out what was happening to her eyes as they became more bloodshot and sensitive to sunlight. “It...
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This week, Senior IMPACT Project staff and clients gathered for a holiday party and 20th anniversary of the program that empowers seniors with vision loss to maintain their independence. The Senior IMPACT Project has grown substantially in the...
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Dan O’Connor quotes Aristotle when asked how he maintains an impressive sense of humor despite the tremendous amount of loss he has experienced in his life: “Comedy equals tragedy plus time.” Born premature in 1950, Dan was given too much oxygen...
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