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NewView Oklahoma seeks to empower blind and vision impaired individuals to achieve their maximum potential through rehabilitation, employment, and community outreach. Formerly Oklahoma League for the Blind, NewView Oklahoma provides comprehensive low vision services to Oklahomans of all ages through its comprehensive low vision clinics in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Currently, the organization provides more than 100 jobs to blind and visually-impaired individuals, and offers community programs for people of all ages living with blindness and visually impairments including art classes, a dragon boating team, summer camps and support groups.
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Visually-impaired Dragon Boat racers compete at Stars and Stripes Festival this Saturday
"Paddles up" shouts the coach. The team of rowers hold their paddles high. "Paddles ready." Rowers lean forward in place. "Row!" Twelve paddles hit the water and the crew begins rowing in sync to the beat of the drum. Boom. Boom. Boom.
"I like being on the water," Kenny Randall said....
Through the eyes of the blind: Seniors can maintain independence through vision technologies and adaptive aides
Loyd Warier is an accomplished wood carver and retired US Veteran. He loves working in his wood shop.
Now in his late-eighties, Warier suffers from macular degeneration, an age-related eye disease that impacts roughly 55 percent of the patients seen at NewView...
Through the eyes of the blind: Two Oklahomans share their stories
Katy Ng wakes up each morning at 4 a.m. to prepare for work. It takes her about an hour to get ready, have breakfast and get out the door. Before she leaves her home at 5 a.m. she checks Facebook to get the latest updates on her friends and family. Though she can’t see her iPhone screen...
Watersports and Oklahoma adventures: OWL Camp for visually-impaired kids boosts confidence
When OWL Camp is over, campers are a little sad to say goodbye to their new friends. Fun in the sun. Kayaking. Non-stop activity. OWL camp is just like any of the other camp held all across Oklahoma throughout the summer. What’s exceptional are the campers.
NewView Oklahoma believes...
NewView Oklahoma sets standards for services for the blind and visually-impaired
Dorothy Bailey is a very independent lady who wants to continue living in her own home that she and her late husband built. It’s the place they raised three children. But Dorothy is slowly losing her vision due to Glaucoma and has become increasingly insecure about completing daily living...
OKC Icons: Oklahoma City’s most recognizable sights through the eyes of the visually impaired
As Oklahoma grows and evolves, our city has drawn admiration from communities across the nation. Our sights and sounds can hang with the best of them. You see the Devon Tower and you know where you are, the Bricktown Ballpark is as recognizable as some of the big name parks, and nothing says...