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"Focus" on Vision and Vision Loss
The “Focus" website is a resource of the MCB/DDS Partnership Project for Orientation & Mobility/Low Vision Services, a cooperative effort between the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) and the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS). Read more about MCB/DDS Services and Resources. |
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Vision Loss Support Groups
Caregivers
Caregivers
- Caregiver Support Group (VIRTUAL)
- We look forward to connecting with you at our next virtual Caregiver Support Group.
- Group is held virtually every month January-September
- Join us for our next group:
- Tuesday, April 14 - 10:00am-11:00am OR Wednesday, April 15 - 4:00pm-5:00pm
- Topic: Visual Arts Without Vision – Creating accessible art-based opportunities for individuals with Vision Loss with Melanie Rose-Zagwyn, Artist Educator and Art Director, New England Villages, Inc.
- Interested to join a Support Group? Please complete the registration form, and send to [email protected]
- We look forward to connecting with you at our next virtual Caregiver Support Group.
- Allston, MA - DDS/VI SUPPORT GROUP: Always Exploring, Never Lost…
Train the Trainer: Human Guide and Vision Loss Sensitivity
Join us and become a Trainer on Human Guide and Vision Loss Sensitivity to then train your co-workers at the agency where you are employed. Successful completion of this training will enable you to provide training for new staff and/or refresher training for existing supervisors and staff. This Train the Trainer Project for HGVLS is virtual and free, just an application is required!
Join us and become a Trainer on Human Guide and Vision Loss Sensitivity to then train your co-workers at the agency where you are employed. Successful completion of this training will enable you to provide training for new staff and/or refresher training for existing supervisors and staff. This Train the Trainer Project for HGVLS is virtual and free, just an application is required!
- Next Session Hybrid Session: May/June 2026 Bridgewater, MA
- Registration Forms Due by May 22, 2026
- Online Class begins May 26, 2026
- In-Person Session: June 24, 2026 in Bridgewater, MA
17th Annual "Focus" on Vision Impairment & Blindness Conference: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Vision Loss
- Thank you for your support!
- "Focus" Talks for some of the 2025 Conference sessions are now available.
- Save the Date for our next "Focus" on Vision Impairment & Blindness Conference: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Vision Loss: October 6, 2026.
- Do you have a great idea to share? Create a Poster, Display, "Hands On" Demonstration, etc.
- Space for 10 "Posters" is available!
“Focus” Talks
- Free, on-demand learning opportunities
- Recorded sessions from the 2025 "Focus" Conference are now available!
Eye Surgery Preparation and Post Op Planning for Individuals with Intellectual Disability
Keeping Healthy and Safe: Focus on Orientation & Mobility Techniques, Glasses, Canes, Devices and More
In this busy and trying time, all of our energies and attention are on keeping our loved ones and ourselves healthy and safe. Highlighting vision loss, we have put together three resources focusing on Keeping Healthy When Using Orientation and Mobility Techniques, COVID-19 Protocol for Use of the Human Guide Technique, and Keeping Glasses, Canes, Visual Aids, Cell Phones and Devices Spotless and Sanitized. We hope that these three additions to our collection of downloadable resources will be a help to you. We encourage you to send the links and/or download to share. Together we can help each other to stay healthy and safe.
In this busy and trying time, all of our energies and attention are on keeping our loved ones and ourselves healthy and safe. Highlighting vision loss, we have put together three resources focusing on Keeping Healthy When Using Orientation and Mobility Techniques, COVID-19 Protocol for Use of the Human Guide Technique, and Keeping Glasses, Canes, Visual Aids, Cell Phones and Devices Spotless and Sanitized. We hope that these three additions to our collection of downloadable resources will be a help to you. We encourage you to send the links and/or download to share. Together we can help each other to stay healthy and safe.
- COVID-19 Protocol for Use of the Human Guide Technique (PDF) updated December 2020
- COVID-19 Protocol for Use of the Human Guide Technique (RTF) updated December 2020
- Keeping Healthy When Using Orientation and Mobility Techniques (PDF) updated December 2020
- Keeping Healthy When Using Orientation and Mobility Techniques (RTF) updated December 2020
- Keeping Canes, Visual Aids, Cellphones and Devices Spotless and Sanitized (PDF)
- Keeping Canes, Visual Aids, Cellphones and Devices Spotless and Sanitized (RTF)