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Margaret was having difficulty reading, dialing phone numbers and navigating her home safely. In addition, she was unable to see her kitchen appliance settings and could not determine when to stop pouring liquids or identify food on her plate. Margaret came to Alphapointe’s Low Vision Clinic with a can-do attitude and was open to making…
Volunteer Spotlight: Mickey Beach
Tell us about you…… My name is Mickey Beach. I was born in south Kansas City and am an alumnus of Center High School. My wife Martha and I moved back to the Kansas City area in the fall of 2020 to be closer to children and grandchildren. We are both retired teachers, having each…
Through Our Eyes: Play Ball
There are some who hold the belief that a blind person has no interest in sports, that we might just be unimpressed when, say, Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, throws a perfect dime to a receiver as he is sprinting into the end zone with seconds on the clock. Or that we’d be…
Through Our Eyes
-Story by Cameron Black “Do, or do not, there is no try.” Master Yoda “Do not adapt your life to suit your blindness, adapt your blindness to suit your life.” Cameron Black Have you ever been out in the world, perhaps on a bus on your way to work, maybe behind the wheel of your…
Through Our Eyes: Snow Blind
Buster Olney, the host of the “Baseball Tonight” podcast, was having an interesting discussion with two of his fellow analysts regarding the future of Mets first basemen Pete Alonzo. The voices of the podcast came through clearly on my noise cancelling headphones and, perhaps you imagine me listening in a comfortable chair, warm and isolated…
Through Our Eyes: Cooking in the Dark
As a blind man who lives alone, one of the most common questions I receive is, “How do you cook?” It is a common misconception that people with vision loss are saved from starvation by inventions such as frozen foods, TV dinners, and Door Dash. I will not make the claim that I don’t sometimes…