Technology can make all the difference for our clients living with visual impairments. One of our clients, Earl*, has been a professionally-trained carpenter for over 40 years and continues to practice his craft despite his visual impairment. Although it may take him a bit longer to complete projects, the quality of his craftsmanship does not […]
The Sights for Hope Lehigh Valley Service Center is fortunate to also be the home to the Posch Braille Library. Dianne Michels, our Vision Rehabilitation Therapist, provides Braille class to clients at various levels, and Jim* is one of those clients. Jim came to Sights for Hope after having been blinded in an accident. With […]
The hardships that took most of Dorothy Montero’s sight, paralyzed her from the waist down, and isolated her in a new city would be enough to drop most people into deep despair. For Dorothy, that loss of hope led her to, in her words, make bargains with God. She reasoned that she would have a […]
Susan Lieberman of East Stroudsburg, PA, felt like she lost pretty much everything that defined her in 2013 when viral pneumonia and respiratory failure put her in a coma, during which she suffered multiple strokes that took most of her sight. For Susan – who had been a cardiac nursing specialist and avid photographer – […]
There is a clear link between a child’s ability to see and his or her success in school. Lorraine Santaliz’s twin grandchildren, Lenore and Charles, are living proof. Lorraine is the Youth Services Librarian for the Whitehall Public Library. While she encouraged both of her grandchildren to embrace learning enthusiastically, both of them struggled in […]
What if you had a child or grandchild who struggled for years and nobody knew why? That was the reality for the family of Christopher Fullenwider. Christopher had been examined by several physicians and specialists in the first four years of his life, and none of them could come up with the ultimate answer. What […]