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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Haley’s first encounter with the Seeing is Believing program was when she was in 1st grade. She has now graduated from Northern Illinois University with her master’s degree in Special Education – Visual Disabilities and is working in the Naperville school district as a Vision Itinerant. “I have been a patient, camper, counselor and panelist
Have you ever wondered why it is the Spectios INSTITUTE for Low Vision? Why is it an Institute? In short, it is because we provide students of optometry and occupational therapy training in the field of low vision rehabilitation. We have trained and launched the careers of many low vision optometrists that have gone on
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With the holidays coming up, in a recent Friday support group call, we focused on all things cooking and kitchen safety. While the kitchen could be considered one of the more risk-laden rooms in the house, there are a few simple strategies and kitchen tools that can help make kitchen tasks safe and fun. Like
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Echo Show 10.1 The latest version of the Echo Show is a smart home device produced by Amazon. The Echo Show boasts the best vision accessibility features in its class. Show and Tell is a new feature that was developed in conjunction with an Amazon employee with vision loss. This feature enables the device
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