When Debbie first put on her new bioptics at Society for the Blind’s Low Vision Clinic, she cried as she was able to see detail both across the room and up close. Just a few months later, this tool that combines a small telescope with a standard...
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Jessica was born legally blind and grew up trying to hide her vision loss as she moved to several foster homes across Sacramento and Stockton starting at age 4. “I was embarrassed as a kid and didn’t want to be teased, so I hid the fact I...
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When Debra Pendleton, an instructor in our Senior IMPACT Project, was first approached about starting a support group for Black seniors with vision loss, she was hesitant. “I’ll admit that at first I questioned if we really needed a Black senior...
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Barbi Constancio refuses to let fear stop her from doing anything. While she describes losing her vision to glaucoma as “tilting her whole world,” she quickly leaned on her faith and found purpose. “I always had prayed to be used by God, but this...
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Tina was 59 and managing a Wing Stop in Sacramento in 2018 when she decided it was time to change careers as she continued to age. She signed up for a class at a career skills center and was ready to begin a new chapter. The next morning, Tina...
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Marcus was thriving in his job at a shipping company in Vallejo when he woke up one morning to total darkness. The doctors were shocked to diagnose him with glaucoma, saying the eye disease usually appears more gradually and in older adults. At...
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