One of the most common complaints patients with macular degeneration share with us is that they are unable to see their loved ones’ faces. Recently, a distraught patient told us that her grandson “looked like a gray blob” when she tried to look at him opening his birthday presents. We are trained from a very […]
Most of us are familiar with the sensation of stepping outside on an exceptionally sunny day and squinting or shading our eyes to allow time for adjustment to the new level of light. While light is sight and we need light to see, too much light or the wrong kind of light can impact vision
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“One of the gifts of my vision loss is that I get to see how good people can be,” says Kerri Largo, PhD. Kerri was diagnosed with Stargardt’s when she was 15 years old when she noticed she could not see things projected onto the board at school. In the beginning, it was more annoying
It is with heavy hearts we note the passing of a beloved member of the Spectrios family. Grandma Martyl passed on June 28, 2021. She was the creative genius behind the coloring books provided to students of our Seeing is Believing program. Grandma Martyl’s legacy of love will live on through her coloring books and
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Most of us have smartphones or tablets that we use. These devices can provide a casual user with the functionality of more expensive accessibility devices We recommend the following “Starter Pack” of apps to help your device become an accessibility tool. Seeing AI Seeing AI is a free app that uses artificial intelligence to
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Since 1986, the Wheaton Lions have been supporting the Spectrios mission. They have been by our side as we built our new house, actively participated at Seeing is Believing clinics, and were even there to help us recover when our basement flooded! “For the last 35 years we have supported Spectrios, and want to congratulate
2021 is a year of celebration! Seeing is Believing, our program dedicated to helping children with vision loss throughout the state of Illinois be successful in school, is turning 30. The program’s unparalleled success is in a large part due to the support provided by Vision Itinerants. Pam Duda has been an amazing partner to
20 years ago, what started as an impossible dream, to build a bigger yellow house was realized and ground was broken on the now Deicke House of Hope. We needed to raise $2,000,000 to have this goal become a reality. A 3-year fundraising plan was created and in May of 2000, the campaign kicked off
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As humans, sight is our dominant sense—the first choice for interacting with the environment. But it’s not our only means for interacting with our surroundings, and at Spectrios we know that our other senses can compensate well for a vision loss. Dr. Tracy Williams has been known to say that “we can get vision from
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Some toolboxes we use for daily life include drawers and cabinets with spatulas, spoons, pots and pans, mixers, and your refrigerator to prepare your daily meals. We also use screwdrivers, wrenches, tape, a table saw and other tools to repair our house or to create new wood items. Other toolboxes we might have include automotive
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