Amy Lynn Smith, Author at ConnectCenter

APH ConnectCenter and Be My Eyes Partner to Provide a Broader Array of Assistance

Posted on May 21, 2023 - 6:57 am by Amy Lynn Smith

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you may have contacted APH ConnectCenter’s Information and Referral (I&R) Line seeking answers and advice about living with blindness or low vision. There’s also a decent chance you’re one of the nearly 500,000 blind or low-vision people and counting using the Be My Eyes app. The app […]

Building a Multi-Faceted Career Evaluating Assistive Technology and Educating Others

Posted on May 11, 2023 - 4:10 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Person wearing hearing aids smiles at the camera

If Scott Davert wasn’t so good at assessing assistive technology and educating others about it, he could have had a career as a comedian or comedy writer. Then again, perhaps his quick wit and sense of humor make him so good at his work across various jobs in his career. Born blind due to retinal […]

How One Mother Spreads Awareness of Everything a Child Who is Blind/ Low Vision Can Achieve

Posted on May 2, 2023 - 10:41 am by Amy Lynn Smith

A woman with long dark blonde hair sits with her arm around the waist of a young boy with dark hair and glasses. They are both smiling. (Hilda and her son, Ashton)

Although she shares she was initially “heartbroken” when she learned her infant son, Ashton, was born blind, Hilda Dunford has learned as much from him as he has from her. As she says, “He’s taught me how to see with my heart.” Hilda had Ashton when she was 21, her first child with her husband, […]

Celebrating One’s Heritage with Albinism

Kayla Ludlow loves being Latin. She’s proud of her heritage; her father is from Ecuador. Even though her parents split up when Kayla was young, her American-born mother taught Kayla about her heritage, encouraging her to learn Spanish and take Latin dance classes. But people don’t always believe Kayla when she tells them her heritage. […]

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