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- You took your credit card out of your pocket to put it back in your wallet. In the process, you dropped it. But all was not lost, because you heard where it landed and then, you searched a small area at a time until you found it. Nice, those are just a few of the things you'll be learning here to help you safely and more quickly find things that have been dropped or misplaced.
- When everything has a place in the refrigerator, cooking and daily routines can feel easier with vision loss.
- When Doug Morris lost vision in his right eye three years ago, he adjusted, and life went on. Then last year, NAION, also known as an optic nerve stroke, affected his other eye. That’s when Doug says he joined “an unpopular club that no one wants to join.” And while he has a sense of humor about it, it was a…
- Dianne has lived alongside glaucoma most of her life. First, because her mother had the condition. Now, she has the eye condition herself. She needed to learn new approaches to life and has found things that have really helped her adjust.
- Whether it’s computer skills or meditation, Bobbie Gleason is constantly learning.
- "Hadley courses have benefited my career through learning more information. I am a vision rehab teacher and I teach Braille, mostly Braille, and independent living courses."
- Discover the Series For many, losing some vision leads to emotional turmoil. And help can be hard to find. That's why we're introducing Hadley's The Emotional Impact of Vision Loss series. Real voices of real people sharing hard moments faced...and giving insights and inspiration on how they've worked…
- “Anyone can do anything they put their minds to,” Wisconsin resident Renee Kuester-Sebranek believes—and proves. “You just need the right outlook, resources and support—and Hadley is great for resources and support.”
- Anne found the emotional toll from adjusting to vision loss to be exhausting. She reached out to Hadley and joined our Peer-to-Peer program.
- "You can still do the things you enjoy doing. You just have to do them a little differently."
- Robert Walker learned a lot about visual impairment when his older brother was diagnosed with macular degeneration. Watching and helping him through this transition, Robert came to understand that living with low vision requires both physical and emotional adjustments.
- "Hadley has been life changing," Lauren Layne declares. "It is positive and encouraging and something I will use the rest of my life. I’m always looking forward to what I’m doing next."
- For this support group leader, being independent goes hand-in-hand with being part of a community.
- Since the Hadley platform launched, Debbie has completed more than 175 workshops on topics including home repair, cooking, gardening, dining out, self-care, and technology.
- Growing up in a small Midwestern town, Mary’s love of reading sustained her through struggles with a learning disability. And today, macular degeneration hasn’t stopped her from becoming an award-winning children’s book author.
- Storyteller Sarah Fulmer is building the skills to write her next chapter.
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Hadley's resources are always available to you. Create a no-cost Hadley account to go further:
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Pick up where you left off Everything you start is automatically saved across Hadley.
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Personalized recommendations We'll suggest resources based on your interests.
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Join live discussions Live and lively discussions on technology, cooking, and more, all geared toward the community of people living with vision loss.
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Find peer support Connect with people who understand what you're going through.