RP Awareness Comes to Supermarket Chain: No Shopping Required! Posted on February 16, 2024 - 12:58 pm by Amy Bovaird For two and a half years, I have worked as a cashier at Giant Eagle, the supermarket chain in my hometown, Girard, Pennsylvania. I am legally blind and hard of […]
Healthy Vision Month: Learn About Age-Related Eye Conditions Posted on April 28, 2022 - 3:33 pm by Pris Rogers It’s Older Americans Month as well as Healthy Vision Month. This year’s Healthy Vision Month focus is on protecting vision together as a family and finding out about resources for […]
Ever Lee Hairston: A Black leader in the blindness field and civil rights Posted on February 22, 2022 - 3:11 pm by Amy Lynn Smith Ever Lee Hairston is not only one of the countless Black leaders who work in the field of blindness, or have done so through the years. She is also a […]
February is Retinitis Pigmentosa Awareness Month Posted on February 22, 2022 - 12:53 pm by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of inherited retinal diseases that cause progressive deterioration of the light-sensing cells in the retina, leading to significant visual impairment and blindness. There […]
Getting Started When You Are New to Vision Loss: Part One Posted on April 12, 2021 - 6:26 am by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN Vision loss can happen suddenly or gradually in adulthood. Each eye disease has a characteristic pattern of loss and progression, so the impact is very individual from person to person. Total and […]