Melissa Schenkel, Author at ConnectCenter

Attending the APH ConnectCenter Family Retreat

Posted on July 12, 2023 - 12:32 am by Melissa Schenkel

A teen using a white cane and an adult walk down a hallway.

“I have never walked into a room full of strangers and instantly connected,” says Rob Harris. Rob attended the APH ConnectCenter Family Retreat recently held in Louisville, and he hasn’t stopped raving about the amazing connections he made or the amount of information he has absorbed since. Rob says that it wasn’t difficult to become […]

Adam Ramsey of ‘Black Eyecare Perspective’ Shares

Posted on January 19, 2023 - 9:50 am by Melissa Schenkel

Individual wearing glasses and a white lab coat with embroidered "Adam Ramsey O.D."

“I wore glasses from the age I was five, but I don’t think that made me want to be an optometrist,” says Dr. Adam Ramsey – Owner & Optometrist at Socialite Vision and Co-founder of Black Eyecare Perspective. “When I was young, I visited more than twenty eye doctors, and not one asked me if […]

Goalball Gold: A US Goalball Team Coach Shares About the Sport

Posted on January 18, 2023 - 12:24 pm by Melissa Schenkel

Goalball coach talks with player in USA team jersey

Coach Jake Czechowski has his eye on the prize. In fact, his entire team is focused on the ultimate reward for their hard work: a gold medal in Paris at the 2024 Paralympics. What is interesting about Coach Jake is that as Head Coach of the United States Women’s Goalball Team, and Resident Coach of […]

Raising a Dog Guide: People Helping Puppies to Help People

Posted on September 1, 2022 - 12:00 pm by Melissa Schenkel

Wheat-colored dog wearing “Future Leader Dog” harness

Editor’s note: September is National Guide Dog Month! In honor, Melissa Schenkel introduces us to Zahra and the team that is preparing her for her future handler who is blind or low vision. Meet Zahra. She is half Labrador retriever and half golden retriever. She is nearly a year old and is in training. In […]

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