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Choose Your Coast Raffle PDF Print E-mail

Win a TRIP FOR TWO to New York, San Francisco, Orlando or Seattle

Fly American Airlines, Four Days, Three Nights at the Hyatt Hotel in New York, San Francisco, Orlando or Seattle

DRAWING JUNE 1, 2012

$20 per ticket OR 6 for $100.  Only 650 tickets will be sold

Help support ABVI by purchasing a ticket.  Thank you. 

FOR A PRINTABLE ORDER FORM, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK:  Choose Your Coast Raffle Order Form 

 
Summer in the City PDF Print E-mail

WHAT IS IT?  Summer in the City is an eight day, 2 week long youth training program for visually impaired students ages 14 to 26 years old, whose goal includes secondary education and/or transitioning to competitive employment.  Programs are taught in a group setting. 

 

WHEN IS IT?  June 18th—June 28th, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.  Lunch will be provided.  Transportation resources may be available.  Please call for further details. 

 

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?  The goals for this program include building skills in the areas of job readiness, budgeting, cooking, travel skills, grooming, non-verbal communication skills, appropriate behavior in different social settings and job shadowing.

 

WHERE?   Grandville High School, 4700 Canal St. SW, Grandville, MI

 
Announcing Diversity Rap – a new support group PDF Print E-mail

ABVI in cooperation with the Michigan Commission for the Blind is pleased to announce Diversity Rap.

 

Diversity Rap is a new Peer Support Group that encourages African Americans who are experiencing vision loss and their families to share their experiences, support each other and learn how to address challenges caused by vision loss.

 

When:        Monthly, on the fourth Thursday from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Where:       Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired

456 Cherry St. SE

Grand Rapids

 

We hope that you will come to learn, share and support.

 

If you have questions, please call John McElheron at 458-1187. 

 

 
ABVI CLIENTS SHARE IDEAS IN NATIONAL VISION LOSS RESEARCH STUDY PDF Print E-mail

What helped you to cope with your vision loss? What advice do you have for others? These questions spurred useful responses of encouragement and practical advice from scores of our clients who volunteered to participate in a recent formal study.

Author-educator, Kaye Olson, analyzed the responses and found that "hope is essential to those with vision loss." Acceptance and outreach to others were seen as key in making a positive adjustment. Those who readily sought out special equipment, teaching and support groups were more successful in maintaining independence and peace of mind.

We invite you to read the responses of study participants. Files are in pdf format.

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Click here to read a description of the survey.

Click here to read a summary of the questions.

Click here to read Appendix D.

Click here to read Appendix E.

 

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