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Seeing the Light in Palm Beach
Posted by Palm Beach Social Diary Lighting up Palm Beach. Lighthouse Guild hosted its 18th Annual Palm Beach Visionary Evening at Club Collette. Lighthouse Guild is…
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Bionic Sight’s BS01 Gene Therapy Receives RMAT Designation from the FDA
Company shares preliminary results from Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Posted by Yahoo Finance NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE…
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What Older Americans Need to Know About Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Posted by You the Owner’s Manualhosted by Dr. Michael Roizen AMD is one of the leading causes of vision loss and blindness,” says Dr. Andrea Zimmerman,…
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Lighthouse Guild Receives $100,000 Grant for Technology for the Visually Impaired
Posted in The Spirit The generous donation from the Frances G. Scaife Foundation allows those with visual impairments to develop technological skills through Lighthouse Guild. Lighthouse…
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Self-Care is Critical for People with Vision Loss
By Jeremy Morak, Marketing Manager, Lighthouse Guild Posted by AbleNews March is Social Work Awareness Month. As attention to selfcare information, resources, and best practices continues…
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New Tech Helps People with Vision Loss Navigate Daily Life
By Roger Clark New York City Posted on Spectrum News NY1 For people experiencing vision loss, technology can be a game-changer. At Lighthouse Guild, patients are learning to…
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Jay Fialkoff Joins Lighthouse Guild Board of Directors
NEW YORK—The Lighthouse Guild, a not-for-profit vision and health care organization, has announced that Jay R. Fialkoff, a senior counsel and former managing partner at Moses Singer LLP in New York City, has joined its board of directors. According to the announcement, Fialkoff has practiced commercial civil litigation in New York for more than 45 years, representing many owners of New York City real estate property in complex litigation. He has also supported a number of organizations involved in providing services to the disabled, particularly in the areas of vision loss and retinal disease.
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Low Vision Awareness: What’s the Latest Assistive Tech Available?
Feb 1, 2025 - February is Low Vision Awareness Month. Low vision is a permanent loss of vision that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, medication, or surgery. Living with low vision can impact a person’s ability to read, write, watch television, drive, and even recognize faces. People with low vision may encounter loss of central vision (what you see when looking directly at something), loss of peripheral vision (what you see from the sides of your eyes), problems distinguishing between objects of similar tones (contrast sensitivity), or difficulty judging the position of objects (depth perception).
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Snow Balls and Snow Birds
Posted by New York Social Diary And down in Palm Beach where it’s always in season, James Borynack, Findlay Galleries CEO and Chairman, and President Adolfo Zaralegui,…
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Lighthouse Guild Study Reveals AI’s Transformative Benefits for Individuals with Vision Loss
A groundbreaking study published in the January edition of Translational Vision Science & Technology, an ARVO journal, reveals that individuals with vision loss express high satisfaction when using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The research, conducted at Lighthouse Guild, underscores AI’s transformative potential to enhance the lives of people with visual impairments.
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