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Category Archives: Support Group

Strength After Domestic Abuse — Never Losing Sight of Who Matters 

Posted on September 25, 2023 - 8:08 am by Melissa Schenkel
Mother and child embrace; adult has a light forehead scar.

“I went blind in 2016 when I was two months pregnant,” says Stacie. She shares her ex abused her, injuring her neck and head. “I lost my vision — leading […]

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Journey to a Diagnosis of Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Posted on August 16, 2022 - 12:56 pm by Admin
An image of the Spirito family outdoors, Mom and Dad with their arms around two young, smiling girls wearing pink glasses.

Editor’s note: Brooklyn and Nick are raising two girls with Leber congenital amaurosis, an inherited eye condition characterized by a lack of activity in the retina. Today, they share their […]

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Powering Your Start-up: Entrepreneurial Support for Individuals Who Are Blind or Low Vision

Posted on February 11, 2022 - 10:34 am by Shannon Carollo
Photo of a woman behind a register and another woman using her credit card at a small business.

Maybe you come from an entrepreneurial family and the desire to start a company is in your blood! Or you haven’t much familiarization with start-ups, but you can’t shake the […]

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Thriving is Better Than Surviving: My journey to raising successful, resilient, and courageous blind children

Posted on March 19, 2021 - 9:11 am by Admin
Photo of Kristin Smedley text reads "Thriving Blind"

by Kristin Smedley I spent nine months memorizing What to Expect When You’re Expecting. In my pregnancy, everything the book said to expect happened at or before the timeframe it predicted.  My baby grew inside […]

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