Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

11/13/2025

As the holidays approach, we've been thinking a lot about food and cooking! (Who are we kidding, we think about food all year round.) What are your favorite recipes? Do you have any strategies/tips that you use as a person who is blind or visually impaired to make cooking more easy and accessible?

11/07/2025

If you are a musician who struggles to read sheet music due to impaired vision, Jennifer Wagner shows in this video how the app called forScore enables her to continue reading sheet music and playing in bands despite her vision impairment.

The forScore app for musicians enables Jennifer Wagner, a musician who has impaired vision that limits her ability to read music, to continue to read music a...

11/06/2025

From the Vermont Council of the Blind:

Event: Holiday Party

Dear VCB members and friends,

You are invited to the annual Vermont Council of the Blind holiday party. The meeting room is booked from 11 A.M. until 1:30 P.M.

Lunch will be served. We will play holiday music for everyone. There will also be a Yankee Gift Swap. If you wish to participate in the Yankee Gift Swap, please bring a gift worth $15 or less. It will be great to get together and have some festive holiday fun and good food. This is a free event to VCB members and their drivers. If you are planning on coming, please RSVP to:

Andrew Kranichfeld
Cell phone: 914-227-0645
Andrew.Kranich@gmail.com

Details:

Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location:

Capitol Plaza Hotel,
100 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602

11/04/2025

Be My Eyes is an App that has gained a lot of attention over the past few years in our community. But what exactly is it and how can it help you? There are several tools embedded in the app that might be of interest. Join Clarissa Ramos, a Certified O&M Specialist, and graduate student in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy at UMass Boston as she share how this app has helped her clients that she serves in Texas.


When: November 21, 2025, at 7:00 PM

How to join the meeting:

Follow this Link to Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87377177602?pwd=9a3CJcVbPSGajWrvJmQ733cKaYROnx.1

"VABVI Presents: The Be My Eyes App - How Can It Help You?"

Meeting ID: 873 7717 7602

Passcode: VABVI

Or Join by Phone:

+13092053325,,87377177602 # US

+13126266799,,87377177602 # US (Chicago)

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10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! Happy Friday & Weekend Ahead! We want to give a shout out to our amazing volunteers who get our appeals out twice a year! They keep the wheels turning! From L-R: Jeanette, Deb, Laura, Phyllis, and Mike. We appreciate all that you do for us!

10/31/2025

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/10/how-advertisers-can-reach-blind-and-low-vision-consumers

MSU researchers explore how advertisers can design more inclusive, accessible ads for blind and visually impaired consumers using purposive audio descriptions.

10/30/2025

The City of Winston - Salem, NC has a Mobility Mural! The mural was inspired by VABVI's Shelby Glass' (who is a Certified Mobility and Orientation Specialist) Mobility Mural.

If you're in the neighborhood, stop by and see it!

For those of you who are in Vermont, come see VABVI's Mobility Mural outside of the South Burlington office!

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10/29/2025

Oftentimes, people take their vision for granted and don't ever think about it. That's partly what makes this video of babies and young children getting their first pair of glasses so interesting (and adorable). They didn't know their vision wasn't "good" and seemed thrilled when they realized they could see so much of their environment with their new specs.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

10/23/2025

Day 23 of Orientation & Mobility Month! Here is a short video from O&M pro tips teachers Raj & Qiana.

"Orientation and Mobility (O&M) training empowers individuals who are blind and visually impaired to navigate the world independently. This journey is gradua...

10/22/2025

Music Fans!

The Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra has invited members of the VABVI community to the VSO's Made in Vermont concerts in partnership with The Moth Radio Hour at the following locations, dates and times:

In Stowe (at Spruce Peak Arts on Nov. 14 at 7pm)

In Manchester (at Southern Vermont Arts Center on Nov. 15 at 7pm)

In Bellows Falls (at Bellows Falls Opera House on Nov. 16 at 4pm).

This concert features storytelling from local members of The Moth Radio Hour about family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, and road trips along with our chamber orchestra performing music by Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar, Edvard Greig, and more.
Information can be found at our website: //www.vso.org/events

The concerts are family-friendly and approx. 90 minutes including intermission.

A limited number of complimentary tickets are available – please email JThomas@vabvi.org if you are interested in tickets to these concerts.





Elise Brunelle | Executive Director

10/21/2025

Although it's a small study group and more work has to be done, it's progress!

Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies to restore vision in ...

10/21/2025

Day 21 of Orientation & Mobility Month. From the VABVI archives, two young white cane users.