Pumpkin spice, apples, and making your world cozy comes with the cool nights and autumn leaves. This is the time for reading a good book or binge watching a new show. These can be frustrating activities for people with vision loss. Access Technology offers alternative or assisted ways to continue these activities. Reading Audio Books […]
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When you get the news that you have vision loss, it is a blow. What will you do now? Many patients learn they are going to lose their vision and are left with no plan forward. Spectrios steps in when your eye doctor tells you there is nothing left to be done. We help patients
Last fall we talked about how to stay safe in the kitchen as a person with visual impairment, but what about the rest of the home? Here’s a short list of a few things that we recommend for staying safe at home. Remove clutter and throw rugs—We know you have probably heard this recommendation over
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“You don’t have to See it to Tee it!” is the motto of the US Blind Golfers Association. Our access technology guru, Chris Retzke says, “I’m not a golfer, but had I known about this organization earlier or taken lessons from an O&M (orientation and mobility) instructor who included golf in his lesson plans, who
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Grabbing your car keys and running a quick errand is something many take for granted and losing that ability has a profound impact on one’s sense of self and independence. Many of our patients are faced with the decision of when to give up driving. The decision must be made based on what is legal,
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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
