<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ohio,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Ohio Senior Division is hosting an Informational Seminar and we need your help in spredding the word.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are a client, patient or employee of an organization that would benefit from the info below, please share the attachments. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This event is for networks, organizations clinicians, therapist, home health aides and alike on “ways to think about and help seniors losing vision”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you and read below for your understanding. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please share the attached flyer and influential agenda.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suzanne<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>///<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assisting Clients and Patients Losing Vision<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unlabeled graphicAdvice from Blind Seniors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio, Senior Division will present a two-hour seminar on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ways to think about and help seniors losing vision.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When: May 16, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon on Zoom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://zoom.us/j/4081850851<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meeting ID: 408 185 0851<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One tap mobile +1-646-876-9923, 4081850851# US<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Who are we?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio (NFB-O) is the oldest and largest statewide consumer <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>organization in the blindness field. We are its division for those over fifty. Many of us have been dealing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with vision loss for decades, but many more are still adjusting to vision loss and have discovered that the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>attitudes and outlook of the NFB are immensely helpful in learning to cope with the world using our<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>remaining senses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We recognize that inevitably many blind seniors are dealing with additional disabilities: hearing loss, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>impaired memory, balance problems or orthopedic impairment, as well as various diseases.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We don’t claim to have all the answers, but we can advise you on how to help blind people think about <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>blindness constructively and show you techniques to assist with orientation, ways to mark household <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>equipment and identify items tactilely. We will show you how to guide a blind person and help blind <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>people enter a car or van. We can provide advice for assisting blind people who use wheelchairs, and we <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>can answer specific questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We hope you will join us on May 16. Useful documents and resources will be available to registrants.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To register: Send your name, job title, agency or business name, email address, and preferred phone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>number to nfbo.seniors@gmail.com.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>flyer.pdf document end<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>