... SETTING NEW SIGHTS, LITERALLY -- Blind Rehabilitation Center transforms its services to meet ...---- Setting new sights Blind Rehabilitation Center at VA transforms its services ... Alto Health Care System's Western Blind Rehabilitation Center. Marine Corporal Robert Williams ... ability to process it. The Western Blind Center is the first hospital in the ... scanning equipment and GPS navigation are helping blind and visually impaired veterans to live independently ... to only take patients who were legally blind or fit certain criteria. But the ... see. For Anita Stone, a blind-rehabilitation specialist and living-skills instructor, her own blindness is a constant reminder of what her... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/nf082008-8.htm
... Staff) MASS. BILL WOULD HELP BLIND VETS KEEP STATE STIPEND Massachusetts pays some blind veterans a stipend, only to have ... Use our search engine for more about blind veterans ... here .. .../sessearch.php?q=blind&op=and --- ...---- Bill would help blind veterans keep state stipend By Brian Macquarrie ...bill_would_help_blind_v eterans_keep_state_stipend/ DARTMOUTH Massachusetts pays some blind veterans a stipend, only to have ... owner. MASS.BILL WOULD HELP BLIND VETS KEEP STATE STIPEND --Massachusetts pays some blind veterans a stipend,only to have... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfmar10/nf033010-5.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-18-2007 #7 -- BLIND SOLDIER HOPES TO STAY IN THE ARMY -- "I know blindness is a disability, but I can't think of it that way. I want to go back and be productive. I can do office work. I can teach. I can train soldiers."nf081807-7.htm
...18-2007 #7 -- BLIND SOLDIER HOPES TO STAY IN THE ARMY -- "I know blindness is a disability, but I can ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page BLIND SOLDIER HOPES TO STAY IN THE ARMY -- "I know blindness is a disability, but I can .../ sessearch.php?q=blind+ blindness&op=or Story here. ... be disheartening: Seven out of 10 blind Americans are out of work, according to the National Industries for the Blind. "That's disappointing,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf081807-7.htm
4. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 06-18-2007 #4 -- WEST HAVEN VA OFFERS CRUCIAL SKILLS TO AGING POPULATION WITH POOR EYESIGHT -- "The blind rehabilitation program at the VA is unique. If you're going to have to be blind, it's best to be a veteran."nf061807-4.htm
... WITH POOR EYESIGHT -- "The blind rehabilitation program at the VA is unique ...'re going to have to be blind, it's best to be ... WITH POOR EYESIGHT -- "The blind rehabilitation program at the VA is unique ...'re going to have to be blind, it's best to be ...'re Going To Have To Be Blind, It's Best To Be ... the vast majority of those considered legally blind, has a smidgen of sight left ...one refresher course in computer skills with blind-rehabilitation teacher Jim Waldron. They ... the hospital hallways. Named the Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center, the West Haven facility... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUN07/nf061807-4.htm
... SAY SOME IRAQ WAR VETS FACE POSSIBLE BLINDNESS -- Are seeing vets with no ... problems and are at risk for going blind. For more about veterans and blindness, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=blind+blindness&op=or S tory here ... Bay Area Iraq War Vets Face Possible Blindness Soldiers coming back from the war in ... trauma, are at risk of going blind. It's hard for Army ... to long-term problems, even blindness "The things that we're... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAR08/nf032708-7.htm
... of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and one of the nation's leading advocates for blind veterans, a small but growing segment ... impairment -- but are not legally blind. About 600 blind veterans live in New Jersey. In ... important thing we need to do as blind people is to understand blindness ourselves." After 13 months in ... A doctor told him he would be blind some day. From 1976 to 1983, Ruffalo was legally blind, but he worked in shoe stores... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JUL 06/newsflash07-05-2006-3.htm
...Friendly Version FOR MANY WAR VETERANS, BLINDNESS BECOMES A BITTER LEGACY -- " ...." For more about veterans and blindness, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=blind+blindness&op=or Story here. ... COMES HOME For many war veterans, blindness becomes a bitter legacy Darryl E. .... Now he's considered legally blind. "I didn't get ... and mortars. Bill Wilson, a blindness-rehabilitation specialist at the Orlando VA ... many of the veterans may eventually be blind or have to deal with other vision... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf050508-5.htm
..... Printer-Friendly Version HELPING BLIND VETERANS -- Body armor is saving .../sessearch.php?q=blind+blindness&op=or Story here. ... devil was in the definition of "blind " in the law. "He was legally blind, but he wasn 't blind enough to get a benefit, " ... words in the law, removing "blind, " which had a squishy definition, and replacing it with "legally blind, " a specific medical condition.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJAN08/nf011608-6.htm
.../sessearch.php?q=blind+blindness&op=or Story here. ... " 'Am I going to be blind?' " Surgeons later restored vision ... glass are embedded there. He remains blind in his left. "At least ... Formidable challenges await troops who return home blind or with serious eye injuries. In ... Pentagon has no rehabilitation services for the blind, the path to recovery often leads ... VA director of rehabilitation services for the blind. So far, 53 have enrolled in the blind rehabilitation programs, the VA says.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111507-2.htm
... Search Engine. CLEARLY FOCUSED -- Blind Vietnam vet, with help of son ... Writer With help of his son, blind golfer remaining active on links NORMAN - ... word for it. He's blind. The Vietnam War veteran lost sight ..., his right eye deteriorated until complete blindness occurred in 1993. Instead of letting ... volunteers for the Oklahoma League for the Blind. On Friday, he jump- ... have ever thought that Tulsaworldstuff Vehicles a blind guy could play golf?" Son ... forward to the U.S. Blind Open but also mentions helping blind people across the nation. Then he... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JUL 06/newsflash07-04-2006-9.htm
