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A stroll through Hamilton can be an enjoyable experience — but not when you can barely see across the road. It’s an experience I “enjoyed” yesterday before today’s World Sight Day — with the assistance of the Bermuda Society for the Blind. To highlig...

Technology has helped people with sight problems overcome their disability, the Bermuda Society for the Blind said yesterday. Vince Godber, a vision rehabilitation therapist, said a woman who was heartbroken that her deteriorating eyesight had stoppe...

Imagine seeing life through a greasy camera lens — colours are dimmer; contrasts less easy to discern. Everything becomes harder: crossing the road safely, reading, recognising the faces of loved ones. It is an everyday experience for many of the 2,...

At 19, Abuwi Rasool lost his sight. He was working in the government quarry when dynamite he’d laid a month before exploded in front of him. Most of his clothing blew off and the burns covered his right side, “from my knee to my forehead”. Doctors an...

The Bermuda Society for the Blind has called for people to protect their eyes as World Sight Day approaches. International World Sight Day will take place on Thursday, with organisations around the world working to raise awareness about avoidable sig...

Services for the island’s visually impaired population have come a long way since the founding of an organisation benefiting the blind, according to one man there since the beginning. In 1954, the Beacon Club was founded by three blind community mem...

Dear Sir, The Bermuda Society for the Blind thanks you for your kind donation of $453.00, which were the proceeds held from your Denim days in the month of April. We are truly grateful to you. The BSFB is in its second year of delivering vision rehab...

The Bermuda Optical Company is celebrating 60 years of business by donating $6,000 to local charities. Managing director Timothy Kempe and vice-president Nicholas Comber presented $3,000 cheques to both the Bermuda Society for the Blind and the Salva...

A charity representing the blind and partially-sighted in Bermuda is to hold a range of events this month to highlight the issues facing people affected by loss of vision. Thursday, October 8, is World Sight Day, aimed at raising public awareness abo...

The aim for Bermuda young visually impaired population should be to get them out of the nest and flying independently, as it is with all children. This came from a visiting orientation and mobility specialist, Mickey Damelio, who runs Ability Beyond ...

A loss of vision shouldn’t mean the end of an active lifestyle, according to visiting vision rehabilitation specialist Jane Charlton. The Madison, Wisconsin resident is spending six months on the Island working with the Bermuda Society for the Blind ...

Eliza Olander may be visually impaired, but the disability is not holding the nine-year-old back from sharing her artistic talents with the wider public. That’s because Eliza, along with her classmates from the Busy Bees Braille Programme, is determ...