Press Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Freeman Foundation Presents The Lights Out Blind Folded 5K Corbin, KY, February 23, 2016: The Freeman Foundation presents its next Lights Out Blind Folded 5K in Versailles, KY. The race will be held on April 23 at 9:00 am at the Simmons Elementary School. To participate in this 5K individuals must have […]
A few weeks ago, my wife Stephanie and I began watching Downton Abbey. For the 1 or 2 of you that do not know, the show takes place in the early Twentieth Century, and follows the goings on at a large estate in the United Kingdom. As we began I really did not know what […]
Press Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Freeman Foundation Presents The Lights Out Dinner in the Dark Corbin KY, January15, 2016: The Freeman Foundation presents its 1st Lights Out Dinner in the Dark. The dinner will be held on March 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM, at the Corbin Center in Corbin, KY. Participants will eat dinner blindfolded to […]
A couple of weeks ago I discussed how Apple’s advancement in technology had revolutionized my life. You can read that post here. Today I want to highlight a few things coming in the future that have the potential to do even more to advance the independence of visually impaired people. Below are 3 game changing technological […]
Before Travis, I had never been around anyone who was blind. When we met on September 27, 2014, the connection between us was instant. We have all liked someone and said “I like them, but…” For me, it was never “I like Travis, but he’s blind.” I immediately knew I liked him, shortly after I […]
The whole concept blew my mind. How could a blind person use a touch screen. It seemed impossible, but I had heard that Apple had made it possible. I never will forget walking into AT&T to purchase my first iPhone. I didn’t know how it would work, or if it would work, but I wanted […]
“I Poured Drain Cleaner in My Eyes to Blind myself,” I have never been more shocked at a headline than when I read those 10 words. The tagline of the article only got worse, “I made Myself Blind because I was Meant to be Disabled: Living with BIID.” I struggled to process what I was […]