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    • FEBRUARY 14, 2021
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    Valentine’s Day Spotlight: Dating with Low Vision/Blindness

    Valentine’s Day Spotlight: Dating with Low Vision/Blindness

    Dating can be challenging enough but adding a low vision/blindness disability to the mix makes it even more complicated. This Valentine’s Day or Singles Awareness Day as some of us call it, let’s talk about dating in the sight loss community. Over the years disabilities and sight loss have started to become a topic ofRead more
    • JANUARY 17, 2017
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    Two Blind Brothers…

    Two legally blind brothers create an apparel company with a mission to help fight blindness. At a young age, Bradford and Bryan Manning were both diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease, a low vision condition that causes blindness over time. This condition has inspired a special vigilance for details, a passion that carries over into the constructionRead more
    • JANUARY 27, 2017
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    Treating Stargardt’s Disease – Even when you have been told nothing more can be done

    Stargardt disease is the most common form of juvenile macular degeneration and it affects 1 out of every 8 to 10 thousand people. It is an inherited disorder of the retina- the tissue at the back of the eye that senses light. Typically the disease causes vision loss during childhood or adolescence which slowly progressesRead more
    • JULY 3, 2017
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    The Three Things You Need to Know About Macular Degeneration

    Happy Fourth of July! It is a great time of year to celebrate warm weather and American Independence. Band concerts, family gatherings, and firework displays make the holiday enjoyable. However, if your vision is restricted by eye disease it may make it difficult to see the best part of these celebrations - the faces ofRead more