Reading Service of the Redwoods will continue to operate for residents of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties who have low vision when it joins Society for the Blind’s Access News telephone reading service in Sacramento. Beginning January...
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Digital voice recorders help visually impaired seniors BY LORI KORLESKI RICHARDSON Special to The Bee Darrell Horst had everything out on the counter he needed to make the filling of a German dessert, blachinda, for a potluck later that week...
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Lynda Sekora knew she was losing some of her vision, but the night she realized she couldn’t read her insulin pump anymore, the Orland resident sank into a deep depression. “I cried all through dinner,” Lynda said. “I flat had a nervous breakdown...
Learn moreWant to take your child trick-or-treating but aren’t sure if it’s safe for kids who are blind or low vision? New board member Tracy Kinoshita offers tips that helped her son Michael have a Happy Halloween! Trick-or-Treating Tips from...
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Society for the Blind was on KCRA3 after one of our students, Arash Dabestani, was hit by a hit-and-run driver. Thankfully, he was uninjured because he was able to use the tools he used in his classes at Society for the Blind. This story explains...
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When Dr. Paul Peterson was diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration at age 6, his optimistic father – a farmer from a small town in Iowa – said, “You may have dim headlights, but you have a good battery. You’ll learn enough and be successful...
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