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Do You Want to Please Your Eyes, Nose or Mouth?

Or maybe it’s your fingers that will get the most satisfaction! All the plants here can be grown successfully in tubs, pots or window-boxes. They are also sturdy and can be cared for without seeing them. Pleasing your fingers Your hands and fingers will be doing a lot of the work with not much […]

Gardening is supposed to be a pleasure, but not when you are new to blindness. I once weeded up an entire row of my father’s newly planted carrots. While you are beginning to adjust you may need to rest up some of the time. Being a couch potato can be depressing, but sitting on the […]

David Kingsbury is a guide at the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) in Boston, which is surprising because he is blind. You might think that an art museum was the last place someone who had lost all his sight in mid-career would want to be! Why go somewhere where it’s completely visual after losing vision? […]

Every shape, size, Color and furriness of canine walking with their families to raise money for the Carroll Center yesterday

Google Developing Contact Lens for Visually Impaired, Re-post from Washington times

Here’s a link to the Washington Times article about a contact lense with a tiny camera which gives audio information for street crossing. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/15/google-floats-new-contact-lens-help-blind-cross-st/?mc_cid=24efc7bc0b&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID

I graduated from elementary school at the top of my class and traveled daily to an exam high school far away. My parents were ambitious for me, but my mother was depressed and uncomfortable with my disability. We didn’t discuss my lack of close friends or invitations. In the end, I didn’t do well enough […]

My old friend Karen and I were having a catch-up lunch together. I was happily telling her about a trip I’d been on. Karen was watching the waitress beside me who was handing me a napkin without saying anything and rolling her eyes when I didn’t take it as if I was an idiot. Suddenly […]

Vision loss and Personal Recovery

WHEN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES

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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

Do You Want to Please Your Eyes, Nose or Mouth?

Porch Potatoes

Putting on the Gloves

The Most Fun Fund-Raiser: Canines For Carroll, April 27

Google Developing Contact Lens for Visually Impaired, Re-post from Washington times

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