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Category: In the News

VISIONS Executive Director/CEO Nancy D. Miller is the recipient of NASW’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on July 15, 2022 (July 15, 2022)

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has announced VISIONS Executive Director and CEO Nancy D. Miller will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award for her decades of work helping thousands of people in New York who are blind or visually impaired live active, independent lives. […]

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The Big Data Project in New York

Posted on April 1, 2022 (April 3, 2022)

VisionServe Alliance and The Ohio State University College of Optometry provide groundbreaking data on the rate of blindness, and low vision among people over 65 in New York. […]

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Samsung Donates Smart Speakers to Better Serve Participants

Posted on January 11, 2022 (January 11, 2022)

Samsung recently donated smart speakers and soundbars to VISIONS Center on Aging, and VISIONS Center on Blindness. In addition to providing a major upgrade to sound quality for music and […]

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Mastercard Introduces Accessible Card for Blind and Partially Sighted People

Posted on October 25, 2021 (January 11, 2022)

Mastercard, in partnership with VISIONS and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), introduced an all-new accessible card for people who are blind or visually impaired called “Touch Card”. The Touch Card features three distinct notches to help people identify which card they are using. […]

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Andrew S. Fisher, PhD, Joins VISIONS Board of Directors

Posted on March 13, 2020 (March 13, 2020)

VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired today announced that Andrew S. Fisher PhD, has joined VISIONS Board of Directors effective 3/10/2020, following his retirement from the Lavelle Fund for the Blind on February 28, 2020 where he served as Executive Director for 20 years. […]

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Nonprofit advocates call for $100M state investment into their infrastructure

Posted on February 5, 2020 (February 5, 2020)

Source: NYN First Read Advocates are calling on New York state to make a recurring $100 million investment into a program that allows nonprofits to access funds for infrastructure projects […]

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Ezvid Wiki Includes VISIONS on its Groups Working To Help The Blind & Visually Impaired list

Posted on October 29, 2019 (October 30, 2019)

Founded in 2011, Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki, and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has over 500,000 subscribers, […]

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Ford’s Feel the View smart window lets blind passengers enjoy the landscape

Posted on May 6, 2018 (June 8, 2018)

Ford has developed a “new haptic visual language” that allows blind people to experience the view through a car window. The Feel the View smart window captures an image of […]

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The New York Times: Simple Home Improvements for the Vision Impaired

Posted on April 13, 2018 (June 8, 2018)

Coping with vision impairment has become a necessity for many more people as the baby boom generation ages, but some simple improvements can help aging homeowners stay independent and safe. […]

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Queens Perspectives: Visions – Party With a Purpose

Posted on March 14, 2018 (June 8, 2018)

Tune in to QPTV to view the Visions Queens Advisory Board awards ceremony that honored Lion Charles W. McBride, PMJF, District Governor for the Lions Club of district 20-K1, for […]

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