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 McClellanДекабрь 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 McClellanДекабрь 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 McClellanНоябрь 1, 2024
A Miracle in the Works
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 McClellanИюль 29, 2024
A Visionary Journey: Evolution of Education for the Visually Impaired
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 McClellanМай 21, 2024
An interview with Justice 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 McClellanАпрель 19, 2024
Against the Odds
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 McClellanМарт 25, 2024
To See or Not to See, That is the Question
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 McClellanФевраль 26, 2024
Turlough O’Carolan: Ireland’s Last Bard
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 McClellanЯнварь 26, 2024
I’m not very good at being blind but I’m learning
I’m not very good at being blind but I'm learning.I have functioned with low vision all of my adult life. I used a large font...
Jeanne McClellanНоябрь 4, 2023