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Bike Ride August 7
Enjoy the beautiful atmosphere that Lake Balboa Park offers or enjoy the coastal breeze down the Long Beach Shoreline as HFS partners with Wheel Fun to make bike riding accessible to the blind and visually impaired community!
Adaptive Yoga August 4
Please join Denise Kirkpatrick as she partners with Hearts for Sight Foundation in her favorite space: teaching, encouraging, inspiring, and transformational growth. She has taught workshops in the United States and South America and she now provides innovative yoga practice to the blind and visually impaired!
Nature Walk August 21
Explore the great outdoors with Hearts for Sight. HFS’ Nature Walks provide the blind and VI the opportunity to explore Los Angeles’ most popular trails and landscapes. Sighted support volunteers will join you and guide you every step of the way. Sign up for our next adventure!
Peer Support Wellness Tele-conference
Peer Support and Wellness Tele-Conference Group Hearts for Sight Peer Support and Wellness Group is for Participants 18 years and up. The group will be designed for the visually impaired community to have a safe and comfortable place to meet, to share, and to discuss...
Support Hearts for Sight
Please click on the video below to learn more about our organization!
Message from Bill Takeshita, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.c.O.V.D.
I would like to ask you for your help to support the Hearts for Sight Foundation. This is a non-profit organization that was established in April 2016 by Joseph Burton and Racquel Decipeda, two patients of mine who are visually impaired
Resources
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American Diabetes Association: Finds ways to manage your diabetes
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American Foundation for the Blind: Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss.
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Audio Eyes: Producers of excellent quality description that benefits media producers and the community.
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Blind Planet: Your one-stop resource for anything blindness related.
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Braille Challenge: Event Braille skills competition for children.
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Braille Institute: Empowering the visually impaired to live fulfilling lives.
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Center for the Partially Sighted: A nationwide model for low vision care.
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Dayle MacIntosh Center: A program dedicated to creating access and independence for people with disabilities by people with disabilities.
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Discovery Eye Foundation: Support and education for people with impaired vision and total vision loss.
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FamilyConnect: provides parents of visually impaired children a place to support each other, share stories and concerns, and link to local resources.
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Foundation Fighting Blindness: Making a difference for people with eye diseases.
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Guide Dogs of America: An international guiding eyes program.
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Hadley School for the Blind: Independent living through lifelong, distance education programs.
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Home Loan and Mortgage Guide for the Disabled: Created to help individuals living with disabilities and their family members, to buy a home of their own. Mortgage Guide audio version.
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Internet Accessibility Guide for the Blind and Impaired: Covers how to effectively use the internet for e-learning, remote work, shopping, and more.
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Junior Blind of America: Helping the blind and visually impaired achieve independence..
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MyPlate: MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime.
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Resources for Students with Vision Impairment: Includes assistive technologies, parent involvement, and college life.
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SeroTalk: Your portal to the accessible digital lifestyle.
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Social Security and Disability Resource Center: Answers many questions concerning how to: apply for disability, appeal a claim if it’s been denied, navigate the federal system, and avoid common mistakes made in filing for SSD or SSI benefits.
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The Wellness Center: The Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, also known as County/USC, is one of the largest public hospitals in the country, providing full spectrum emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services.
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VisionAWARE: The Self-help Resource Center for Vision Loss.
Podcasts coming soon!
A discussion of barriers experienced by the Vision Impaired
