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    • MARCH 26, 2018
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    Ohio Man with Vision Impairment Finally Sees

    LIMA — Gage Morgan, an Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne student, now has the opportunity to see his future. Morgan, a 20-year-old Lima native, was diagnosed with ocular albinism when he was 4 months old. That is a rare condition that reduces the pigmentation of the iris and affects the retina of the eye. It’sRead more
    • MARCH 26, 2018
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    Flying High With The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

    We recently traveled to Florida to tour the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital – truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was the singular opportunity to be immersed in a flight-based hospital, filled with extraordinary physician and nurse volunteers. The Orbis team is dedicated to restoring vision in communities around the world and training local teams to conductRead more
    • MARCH 26, 2018
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    Employment of People Who Have a Visual Impairment – A Data Dive & Scaffolding

    In the United States, there are 2.1 million people who have a visual impairment or are blind or have low vision (VI/B/LV), are of working age, and are not employed and not in the workforce. Their lost wages are an estimated $80 billion per year, given that people who have a VI/B/LV have average wagesRead more
    • MARCH 26, 2018
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    Behind The Scenes On-board The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital

    Travel behind-the-scenes with rare footage captured by Sam Seavey from The Blind Life and Bari Azman from Low Vision Specialists of MD & VA as they spend the day on-board the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. This Low Vision Specialists TV exclusive captures the true essence of the incredible work performed by Orbis and highlights someRead more