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    • 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
    • MARCH 12, 2018
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    3 Things You Need To Know About Glaucoma

    Three million people in the United States have glaucoma. Globally, it is the second leading cause of blindness. The frightening thing about glaucoma is that only half of those with the disease know they have it. In the early stages, glaucoma is “silent” without obvious signs or symptoms until vision is lost. That’s why becomingRead more