Be My Eyes – Lend Your Eyes to the Blind

Posted January 28, 2015

Be My Eyes is an new app which connects blind or visually impaired children and adults with sighted volunteer helpers from around the world using live video chat. By downloading the Be My Eyes app you could start helping blind people see.  How does the app work? A blind or visually impaired person requests assistance […]

Did you know juvenile arthritis can lead to vision loss?

Posted January 9, 2015

Joy Ross says it was love at first touch. Ross, who is now blind, likes to tease that she met her husband, George, on a blind date. At the end of the night, he took her hands in his. She had little sight then and none now, but her journey into darkness started more than […]