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Guiding Eyes for the Blind
If you’ve been inside Cleveland Sight Center, you understand the importance of guide dogs. These service animals help members of the blind and visually impaired community navigate their surroundings confidently. But how do they know what to do? It takes a community of volunteer puppy raisers to do so. “Without...
Meet Rosie
Rosie loves to read, and she especially enjoys memoirs because it’s like a movie about someone’s life. While her recent changes in vision don’t allow her to read print, she’s pivoted to listening to audiobooks to get her memoir fix. With Cleveland Sight Center (CSC) and adaptations like audiobooks by...
Meet Akiva
Congratulations are in order for Akiva – he just graduated from our Early Intervention services program! Akiva began his time with Cleveland Sight Center Early Intervention services when he was 4 months old because his mom, Kory, was concerned he wasn’t tracking objects with his eyes or smiling. “My concerns...
Meet the Weissmans
Those immersed in the Cleveland Sight Center (CSC) community may recognize Mike and Fran Weissman as the devoted volunteers, donors and true ambassadors of CSC they are. Their involvement with CSC began in 2005 when Mike first auditioned to be a Radio Reading Volunteer. Since then, Mike’s role expanded as...
Meet David
At Cleveland Sight Center (CSC), volunteers make such a big difference in how we work toward our mission. We couldn’t do it without them! One of our volunteer MVPs is David Deucher. As a former pharmacist and high school math teacher, he brings a unique skill set to CSC. His...
Meet Ruth
Ruth began to notice her vision changing around three years ago when it appeared that everything in her sight was ‘bouncing up and down constantly.’ She was diagnosed with nystagmus – which causes her to have reduced depth perception and rapid eye movements. When Ruth came to Cleveland Sight Center...
Meet Julianna
Last year, 9-year-old Julianna attended Cleveland Sight Center’s White Cane Walk with her family for the first time, but she’s been a part of the CSC community since she was a baby! Julianna has a septo-optic dysplasia diagnosis and is visually impaired. Julianna is a smart, bright child who loves...
Meet Annette
Annette is currently a staff member at Cleveland Sight Center, but she first got involved 66 years ago when she was a young girl. Her time with CSC began with summers spent at camp and evolved into CSC training classes that taught her life skills in preparation for college. After...
Meet Emmett
In May 2019, my family and I flew from Puerto Rico to Cleveland in pursuit of life-changing medical care for my four-month-old son, Emmett. He was born with albinism, resulting in legal blindness and other health concerns. We moved to Cleveland because I wanted him to receive the best care...
Meet Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen had a stroke 16 years ago, she began to lose her sight. Now, she describes her vision as not being able to see facial features. Still living on her own, she relies on assistive technology she received through the Empowerment Fund to navigate her world. The Empowerment...