Finding Your Advocacy Community: Comparing the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
There are two primary advocacy and service organizations available to persons with blindness or vision impairments. They are the American Council of the Blind (ACB),...
Jeanne McClellandiciembre 24, 2024
Christmas Story Author Supported Education of the Blind
“‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” — A Visit from Saint...
Jeanne McClellandiciembre 24, 2024
Don’t Be Left Out
As football season resumes and kids return to school, I thought I’d write a bit about recreational opportunities available for kids and adults with vision...
Jeanne McClellannoviembre 1, 2024
Un milagro en ciernes
A miracle for patients with Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is imminent. A miracle that is over 20 years in the making and has the real...
Jeanne McClellan29 de julio de 2024
Un viaje visionario: Evolución de la educación de los discapacitados visuales
This article is a brief overview of the evolution of education for individuals with visual disabilities over the decades and centuries, a journey marked by...
Jeanne McClellan21 de mayo de 2024
Entrevista con el Juez Richard Bernstein
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein has received so many awards and honors for his myriad of impressive accomplishments that they could fill resumes for...
Jeanne McClellan19 de abril de 2024
Contra viento y marea
When a little blind boy was born in small rural village in communist controlled Romania in 1985, no one could have imagined the story that...
Jeanne McClellan25 de marzo de 2024
Ver o no ver, ésa es la cuestión
A woman with low vision is walking down the street and sees another woman approaching from the opposite direction. As she gets closer, she sees...
Jeanne McClellan26 de febrero de 2024
Turlough O'Carolan: el último bardo de Irlanda
Before Ray Charles, Diana Shurr and Andrea Bocelli, there was a Celtic harper named Turlough O’Carolan. Born in 1670 in County Meath, Ireland, O’Carolan was the...
Jeanne McClellan26 de enero de 2024
The Importance of an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
An IEP is an often lengthy, legally binding document that is a mutual agreement between parents and educators that blueprints your child’s education path and...
PRRFnoviembre 17, 2023