[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: 4 big and 5 little items for you via Kay

Thu Apr 2 13:24:48 UTC 2020

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From: McGill, Kay <Kay.McGill at ablegeorgia.ga.gov>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:04 PM
Subject: 4 big and 5 little items for you via Kay
To: McGill, Kay <Kay.McGill at ablegeorgia.ga.gov>

*Contents: (thanks to all the people sending in resources)*

*1. Hadley presents COVID-19 and Vision Loss*

*2. **Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources*
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focused on people with disabilities*

*3. More Resources: elder care, food, support groups, book*

*4. Important GLASS announcement*

*___________________________________________________________________________*

*1. Hadley presents COVID-19 and Vision Loss*

COVID-19 and Vision Loss
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The COVID-19 crisis has brought a wave of change and uncertainty to our
everyday lives. Listen in as we share personal experiences, resources and
some helpful tips...all from a blind or low vision perspective.

*Listen Now*
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A *downloadable transcript*
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is available on our site.

Have a suggestion for a future episode? Email us at *podcast at hadley.edu*
<podcast at hadley.edu> or call the Hadley Presents podcast line at *(847)
784-2870* <847-784-2870>

           Hadley

700 Elm Street
Winnetka, Illinois 60093
800.323.4238 | *hadley.edu*
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*2. **Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources*
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focused on people with disabilities*

Good afternoon!

The SEADA Center has created a list of coronavirus resources mainly focused
on the needs of people with disabilities, which is updated regularly.
Please feel free to share and use it.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
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http://www.adasoutheast.org/coronavirus/#toc
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Source: Southeast ADA Center

*Mary Morder*
Materials Development
BBI/Southeast ADA Center

*T* 404.541.9001  *F* 404.541.9002
mjmorder at syr.edu

1419 Mayson Street, Atlanta, GA 30324
adasoutheast.org
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*3. More resources:*

a. If you want to find the Area Agency on Aging in your area and the
current services for an aging person - visit the Elder Care Locator

o   https://eldercare.acl.gov
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Meals on Wheels-to find out about getting info on this in your area

o   https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/find-meals
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b. I have attached information about our *Food e Talk series* that
participants will find helpful to learn more about health and wellness.  It
is an online program with 10 lessons.  Take a look and if you have
questions give me a call @ 912-484-8076 – cell.

*Jackie E. Ogden, CFCS*
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
*Family and Consumer Sciences Agent*

17 Minus Avenue
Savannah, GA 31408

p: 912-652-7982 <9126527982>
e: jogden at uga.edu
w: https://extension.uga.edu/county-offices/chatham.html
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c. Support Groups

Inspirational 3 support group

712-451-0220

code #379725

Tuesday and Thursday 7-9

H.O.P.E.E. Ministry

712-775-7035

code 168598#

Monday 6-7:30

d. Fighting Blind: A Green Beret's Story of Extraordinary Courage by Ivan
Castro
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Jim DeFelice
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The book is on Bookshare. Website is bookshare.org. Bookshare is free for
people who are members of GLASS and who are not a student.

Fighting was a practiced routine for Lieutenant Ivan Castro. But when a
mortar round struck the rooftop of his sniper's post in Iraq, he found
himself in a battle more difficult than even he could have imagined. The
direct hit killed two other soldiers and nearly claimed Castro's life as
well. Mangled by shrapnel and badly burned, Castro was medevac'd to Germany
more dead than alive. His lungs were collapsed. He couldn't hear. One eye
had been blown out, the nerve to the other severed.

In the weeks and months that followed, Castro would find that physical
darkness was nothing compared to the emotional darkness of loss and
despair. Desperate for a reason to live, he eventually fought his way back
to health through exercise and a single-minded goal: running a marathon.
Once he set his course, there was no stopping him. Stubborn to a point that
at times bordered on insanity, he managed not only to recover but to return
to active duty. Since 2007, he has run over two dozen marathons, including
the Boston Marathon in 2013, where he was one of the runners diverted when
the bombs exploded.

Today, Castro helps prepare soldiers for combat, working exactly as if he
were "sighted." *Fighting Blind*, this frankly told account of his struggle
through adversity, the highs and lows and the always bumpy road in between,
is a story of hope and perseverance against the odds: an *Unbroken* for the
present generation.

e. Helpful video - A doctor explains how to shop and not bring coronavirus
home with you – grocery shopping and take out. Please share widely!

https://youtu.be/sjDuwc9KBps
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*4. Important GLASS announcement*

Out of an abundance of caution and respect for the many communities that
have asked their residents to shelter in place, GLASS will stop mailing
digital book cartridges and talking book machines until further notice.
Technology allows GLASS staff to answer our telephones to provide
assistance to patrons.  We can explain how to use BARD, BARD Mobile and
Bookshare to keep you reading during these unprecedented times.  We ask
that all patrons keep any GLASS materials that you may have until things
get back to normal.  We thank you for your cooperation!

Give us a call at 1-800-248-6701 or 404-657-1452 if you have any
questions.  Reader Advisors are available from 9AM until 5:00PM,
Monday-Friday.

*      Phone number 404-780-6649 | 770-414-3006*

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*Project Independence: Georgia Vision Program for Adults Age 55 and Over*

*Kay McGill, M. A. Ed., CRC*

*Program Manager*

*Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency*

*Office: 404-780-6649 | 770-414-3006*

*Fax: 770- 414-2674 | Georgia Relay: 711*

*2082 East Exchange Place│Suite 120*

*Tucker, GA 30084*

*kay.mcgill at gvs.ga.gov* <kay.mcgill at gvs.ga.gov>

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-- 
Dorothy Griffin - President
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
dgriffin at nfbga.org
770-374-4832

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.
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