Lighthouse Guild

If you are a parent of a child with a #VisualImpairment, don't miss this Tele-support #presentation. Join Angel Pacheco, Program Administrator for the Assistive Technology Center and Adaptive Living Program, as he reviews the latest technology with #Apple, #Alexa and #Microsoft systems. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//parent-support-presentat/ image: a child using a tablet. Text: Utilizing Adaptive Technology for Children with Visual Impairment

Join Dr. Cal Roberts as he discusses Augmented Reality helping people with vision problems like Age-Related #MacularDegeneration. In this episode of On Tech & Vision podcast, his guests are Dr. Mitul Mehta, ophthalmologist and medical advisor, and Jay Cormier, the President and CEO of #Eyedaptic. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//improving-visual-impairm/ image: On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts; and image of a human eye watching interconnected digital icons.

We celebrate the first week in April as the National Public Health Week. Lighthouse Guild offers a variety of #healthcare services at our Health Center, such as Primary Care, #Diabetes Care and #Endocrinology, #Optometry and more. Visit our website to find out more! link:https://www.lighthouseguild.org/medical-services/ image: a masked doctor performing an eye exam on a masked patient.

We all want to be able to #navigate our neighborhoods, but the #signs and #signals that sighted people use to move about in this changed world are not available to people who are #blind, Lighthouse Guild President and CEO Calvin W. Roberts, MD.

#LowVision #Donate Low vision is a visual impairment that cannot be corrected by standard eyeglasses, contact lenses, medication or surgery. However, vision rehabilitation can help people who have vision loss return to living full, independent lives. Will you give $5 to Lighthouse Guild to help us address and prevent #VisionLoss? link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org/donate/ image: $5Friday A photo of a pensive young man wearing dark glasses

Congratulations to previous recipients of the Lighthouse Guild Bressler Prize for receiving the Sanford and Sue Greenberg Prize to End Blindness 2020. Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, @PennMedicine, (2012 Bressler Prize) Simon W. M. John, PhD, @SimonJohnLab, (2013 Bressler Prize)... Botond Roska MD, PhD, @UniBasel_en, (2018 Bressler Prize) #Blindness #Award #Achievement #Visionary #Vision #Sight link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com//winners-of-greenberg-/ image: a human eye closeup

As the snowy weather sweeps over the East Coast, we would like to offer you some helpful tips from Lighthouse Guild experts on how to stay #safe outdoors this #winter if you’re visually impaired. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//how-to-stay-safe-outdoor/ image: A senior with a cane walks in the snow with assistance.

This episode’s big idea is about using augmented reality, machine learning, and soon fifth generation (5G) connectivity to improve #Vision. The guests on our podcast On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts are Dr. Mitul Mehta, ophthalmologist and medical advisor, and Jay Cormier, the President and CEO of #Eyedaptic. We discuss how #AugmentedReality can help people with vision problems like Age-Related #MacularDegeneration. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//improving-visua...l-impairm/ image: On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts; and image of a human eye watching interconnected digital icons.

How to stay #safe outdoors this #winter if you’re visually impaired: learn helpful tips on travel safety from Lighthouse Guild experts. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//how-to-stay-safe-outdoor/ image: A senior with a cane walks in the snow.

Lighthouse Guild is offering Telehealth services connecting people with vision loss with providers for behavioral health and medical healthcare from the comfort of their own homes. Please visit our website for the latest updates or call 800-284-4422 to access telehealth services. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org/covid-19-coronavirus-lates/... image: UPDATE: Lighthouse Guild now provides Telehealth Services

As you shop for gifts for your little ones, please remember that December is Toy Safety Month. Log on to our Vision and Health blog to view our eye-safety guide for the holidays. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//your-eye-safety-toy-guid/ image: a child playing with blocks spelling Toy Safety

You can think of it as this, that it wirelessly connects the blind person to a camera, and jumpstarts the otherwise blind eye and sends the information to the brain. - Dr. Mark Humayun Join On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts #podcast series for the conversation about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss. #OnTechVision #IrisVision... link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//resea/on-tech-and-vision/ image: On Tech & Vision podcast with Dr. Cal Roberts

#AmazonSmile is the easiest way to give to Lighthouse Guild and help people with vision loss. All you have to do is visit smile.amazon.com and choose Lighthouse Guild. And then go shopping! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Link:https://smile.amazon.com/ Graphic: Support Lighthouse Guild. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon donates. AmazonSmile. You shop. Amazon gives.

The Bionic Eye is a Reality! Huge #innovations have been made in cutting edge prosthetics that benefit many including people who are visually impaired. Out now is our latest episode of On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts, where we focus on #ocular #bionic #prosthetics. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//resea/on-tech-and-vision/... image: On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts; image of a bionic eye See more

Lighthouse Guild supports National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM) in October, celebrating disability inclusion. This year marks not only the 75th observance of NDEAM, but also the 30th anniversary of the #ADA. The New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities is celebrating all month long with Business-led workshops and panel discussions. link: https://www1.nyc.gov//national-disability-employment-aware... image: October is National Disability Employment Month.

October is Blindness Awareness Month. Lighthouse Guild is dedicated to providing exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals. We provide coordinated care for eye health, vision rehabilitation and behavioral health as well as related services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals. image: Words October is Blindness Awareness Month with an image of a person using white cane.... link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org/medical-services/ #visionloss #blindness See more

Join the On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts #podcast. Episode 4 is all about the cutting edge advancements in ocular #bionic #prosthetics. Our guest, Dr. Mark Humayun, developer of the #ArgusII, speaks with Dr. Roberts about the development of this device, and the importance of the collaboration between #developers and #earlyadopters. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//resea/on-tech-and-vision/ image: On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts; image of a bionic eye.

Join us today for "An Inspirational Journey", a Tele-support presentation by Isaac Lidsky, an American corporate speaker, entrepreneur, and author. Before losing his sight he played Weasel on NBC’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was the first person with blindness to serve as law clerk on the Supreme Court. He is the CEO of a construction services company and founded Hope for Vision, a non-profit that funds treatments and cures for ...blindness and visual impairments. link: https://www.facebook.com/events/311682569945645/ image: The Parent Tele-support presentation - An Inspirational Journey presented by Isaak Lidsky

On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts #podcast series continues with Episode 3: A Remapped Reality Using Virtual Reality to Remap the Visual Field how #virtualreality (VR) is used to remap sight for people with vision loss. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//resea/on-tech-and-vision/ graphic: Text On Tech & Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts and an image of a high tech bionic eye.

Join us for "An Inspirational Journey", a Tele-support presentation by Isaac Lidsky, an American corporate speaker, entrepreneur, and author. Before losing his sight he played Weasel on NBC’s Saved by the Bell: The New Class. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was the first person with blindness to serve as law clerk on the Supreme Court. He is the CEO of a construction services company and founded Hope for Vision, a non-profit that funds treatments and cures for blindness and visual impairments. link: https://www.facebook.com/events/311682569945645/ image: The Parent Tele-support presentation - An Inspirational Journey presented by Isaak Lidsky

It's #WhiteCaneSafetyDay, and we celebrate the achievements of people who are #blind or #visuallyimpaired. The day marks the importance of recognizing the #whitecane. The white cane is not only a tool. It also represents the #independence of those who are blind worldwide. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//independent-living-suppo/ [Graphic] Celebrate White Cane Safety Day! #WhiteCanePride

Social distancing and other guidelines related to #COVID19 present unique challenges and possible #safety hazards for people who are #blind or have vision loss. Carol Moog, Diane Formoso, Jeff Ambury and Wojciech Jacob, the mobility instructors at Lighthouse Guild, are sharing helpful tips on #socialdistancing for people with #visionloss in an article for Able Newspaper. link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//practicing-social-distan/... image: a person with a white cane standing over a floor sign indicating social distancing position.

Thank you Ophthalmology Times for including our President and CEO Dr. Calvin W. Robert's Letter to the Editor in your September 15th issue where he highlights the need to include a patient's vision impairment when addressing the unique features of ophthalmology in the adoption of telehealth. #LowVision #Telehealth #Ophthalmology #PatientCare link: https://www.lighthouseguild.org//letter-to-the-editor-of-/... image: an elderly lady accessing telemedicine on her laptop See more