Empower: Resources for Blindness and Low Vision 

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Blog Posts

  • Accessible Cooking Apps for Blind and Low Vision

    Accessible Cooking Apps for Blind and Low Vision

    Cooking is one of the most sensory-rich activities in daily life. For people who are blind or low vision, it’s also one of the most achievable. With the right technology, the kitchen doesn’t have to feel like an obstacle course. Voice-based tools have made a big difference. They turn tasks that once needed sighted help into things people can do alone.…

  • Archiving Stories of Blind People: More Than a Job, a Passion 

    Archiving Stories of Blind People: More Than a Job, a Passion 

    What can you do with an interest that doesn’t fit a traditional career path? Historians, genealogists, researchers, and archivists are all used to describe people who collect and preserve history. But Peggy Chong prefers a different title: storyteller.  Since 2014, Peggy has been known as the Blind History Lady, sharing powerful and often overlooked stories about people who are…

  • Blind Senior with Diabetes Gains Independence with CGM

    Blind Senior with Diabetes Gains Independence with CGM

    Nancy Duncan is a retired senior with diabetes. She was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2005 and was unsure of the cause.   “Relatives in my family had it, but people weren’t diagnosed back then,” Nancy said. They just said you had the sugars and that was it.”   Over the past 20 years, Nancy has learned how to manage her condition and advocate for herself. When she was…

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