Re: NEW webinar on maximizing hearing and vision for uncontrolled crossings!
Before I head to bed for a very packed day tomorrow, had to respond to this email and congratulate you in completing such a daunting and tireless project recruiting volunteers to assist as “students”. As one who assisted last summer, I learned a ton; especially since so much has changed in the teaching of O&M. My last lesson was over 20+ years ago and it was an eye opener to me of all the changes! ?
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On Mar 17, 2025, at 9:04?PM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote: ?
HI everyone!? We just completed a webinar on a topic I think has never been done before -- maximizing your skills for listening and looking for crossing streets with no traffic control.
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It is Part 3 of a 3-part series of webinars on preparing students for uncontrolled crossings, providing the very latest information for uncontrolled crossings (we no longer use TMAD!), and in each of them, the participants -- O&Ms like yourself -- try the skills and add their insights and ideas (and sometimes push back on material that is new to them!).
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The webinars are free, offering a total of more than 8 hours of ACVREP credit.? The home page is at
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Enjoy!
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Dona
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sauerburger.org
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NEW webinar on maximizing hearing and vision for uncontrolled crossings!
HI everyone!? We just completed a webinar on a topic I think has never been done before -- maximizing your skills for listening and looking for crossing streets with no traffic control.
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It is Part 3 of a 3-part series of webinars on preparing students for uncontrolled crossings, providing the very latest information for uncontrolled crossings (we no longer use TMAD!), and in each of them, the participants -- O&Ms like yourself -- try the skills and add their insights and ideas (and sometimes push back on material that is new to them!).
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The webinars are free, offering a total of more than 8 hours of ACVREP credit.? The home page is at
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Enjoy!
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Dona
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Dona Sauerburger, COMS
sauerburger.org
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14th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Re: Traveling without a sidewalk
That’s too bad! Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Amber Hap, M.S.
Teacher for the Visually Impaired (TVI)
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
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Subject: Re: [OandM] Traveling without a sidewalk
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Have only found practice articles, mostly from the 70’s, but nothing that is researched based.
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Does anyone have research based articles written on traveling without a sidewalk in residential and rural areas that they could share? I would love to have more resources to pull from.
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Re: Traveling without a sidewalk
Have only found practice articles, mostly from the 70’s, but nothing that is researched based.
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Does anyone have research based articles written on traveling without a sidewalk in residential and rural areas that they could share? I would love to have more resources to pull from.
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Traveling without a sidewalk
Hi all,
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Does anyone have research based articles written on traveling without a sidewalk in residential and rural areas that they could share? I would love to have more resources to pull from.
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Envision Conference Early Registration Deadline
A reminder that the discounted, early registration deadline for Envision Conference 2025 is March 8. The Envision Conference will take place May 28 - 31 in Dallas, Texas. See the agenda and register at ?.
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?Announcing an informative webinarNot a member? For FREE CEUs, join OMSA?.The Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association (OMSA) is proud to host the following webinar with 1.5 CEUs exclusively for current OMSA members?on March 6, 2025: ? A Delphi Approach to Examining the Role of Paraprofessionals in Orientation and Mobility, presented by Dr. Nicholas B. Casias, Ed.D., COMS Thursday March 6, 2025? 7-8:30 PM Eastern Cost: No Charge to Attend While CEs are only available to current OMSA members, all orientation and mobility professionals who are interested are welcome to attend.
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Help erasing lyric braille book
Hello, I was wondering if someone here would be able to help me with erasing braille from a book that I have with me?
It has song lyrics.
However, I do not want all of the songs to be erased.
Andy
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Re: FanTAStic webinar on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Thank you Donna for sharing!?
Belinda and team in South Africa Low Vision Centre have been producing really informative regular webinars over the last few years. I love the diversity of topics and world wide representation of speakers.?
Best Regards,?
Belinda O'Connor - DLI
Churchill Fellow 2022 "The NRMA - ACT Road Safety Trust Churchill Fellowship to identify success factors and barriers for low vision and telescopic glasses driving”?
Bioptic Drivers Australia (BDA)
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never?been ceded, and?this is and always will be?Aboriginal and Torres Strait?Islander land.
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 1:30?am, Dona Sauerburger <dona@...> wrote:
? Hi everyone! There’s a wonderful webinar on a condition that many of our students and clients have, the Charles Bonnet syndrome. ?It explains so many things I didn’t realize, and suggestions for dealing with it. ?Check out the link below.
— Dona
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Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind
www.sauerburger.org
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From: Belinda Leibowitz <belinda.leibowitz@...>
Date: February 22, 2025 at 5:16:23?AM EST
To: Belinda Leibowitz <belindaleibowitz@...>
Subject: Herewith the recording of the talk on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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Re: Penn Del AER Conference
Hey, John and Gayle,?
We are finalizing the session schedule RIGHT NOW (really!) and it should be posted on the website soon. If you would like to know about something specific, I could probably tell you the time and day even now if you are asking g about sessions.?
Just lemme know if you want to do that.?
Hope you will be with us in Harrisburg!? Mary Nelle
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Hi John,
Right now we don’t have the session schedule set in stone. I believe that is coming out in early March. MaryNelle McLennan is in charge of the speakers and she could give you a better answer on the exact date. As always, we have spectacular speakers lined up.
I can tell you, as the exhibitor chair, that we currently have 20 exhibitors including two new companies. Make sure you come visit us after lunch on Thursday for the dedicated exhibitor time.?
Gayle
On 02/21/2025 11:54 AM EST John Ford via groups.io < jhford@...> wrote:
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Hello. Does anyone know where to find a schedule for the sessions at the Penn Del AER conference in April?
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Re: Penn Del AER Conference
Hi John,
Right now we don’t have the session schedule set in stone. I believe that is coming out in early March. MaryNelle McLennan is in charge of the speakers and she could give you a better answer on the exact date. As always, we have spectacular speakers lined up.
I can tell you, as the exhibitor chair, that we currently have 20 exhibitors including two new companies. Make sure you come visit us after lunch on Thursday for the dedicated exhibitor time.?
Gayle
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Hello. Does anyone know where to find a schedule for the sessions at the Penn Del AER conference in April?
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Re: FanTAStic webinar on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Please do share. Kent said that if it helps anyone he would be happy to be interviewed about his CBS, as long, of course, that such an interview is not made public.? On Feb 22, 2025, at 1:29?PM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
Oh Jenine, thank you for sharing that. ?I hope you don’t mind I’m copying Belinda, who helped organize the webinar, so she can share it with the FABULOUS presenter. ?All of us should watch it and be informed? — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org On Feb 22, 2025, at 12:44?PM, Jenine Stanley via groups.io <jenine.stanley@...> wrote:
? Thanks so much Dona, as usual, you’re a great source of info.?
My husband has CBS and we’ve found that it can grow worse with stress. He also has PTSD and TBI, a regular acronym soup. He refuses to tell even our GP, who is generally very curious about such things and not judgmental.? On Feb 22, 2025, at 11:00?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
Thank you, Angela! ?I’m pretty sure that about a third of the people we work with have it, they just don’t talk about it. Just yesterday, I was taking a friend / former client shopping, she has macular degeneration, and said she saw a mouse running across the floor. I was distracted and didn’t say anything, but later she said oh, those are floaters.
So I told her that many people have these hallucinations and wondered if she has any. “Of course,” she said.?
I’ve known her for several years, and she has never mentioned it. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:24?AM, Angela Tabb via groups.io <angela.tabb@...> wrote:
? Thank you, Dona for sharing. It is an interesting syndrome. I worked with an elderly gentleman that had it. I look forward to watching the video.?
Hope you’re doing amazing.? Angela Tabb Make it a beautiful day! ? On Feb 22, 2025, at 8:30?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
? Hi everyone! There’s a wonderful webinar on a condition that many of our students and clients have, the Charles Bonnet syndrome. ?It explains so many things I didn’t realize, and suggestions for dealing with it. ?Check out the link below. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: Belinda Leibowitz <belinda.leibowitz@...>
Date: February 22, 2025 at 5:16:23?AM EST
To: Belinda Leibowitz <belindaleibowitz@...>
Subject: Herewith the recording of the talk on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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-- BELINDA LEIBOWITZ OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST SPECIAL INTEREST IN LOW VISION
Jenine Stanley Director, Customer Success & Engagement Aira Tech Corp. jenine.stanley@... Direct Dial: 1-614-600-7408
Access to visual information is a human right.? Customer Care? 1-800-835-1934 support@... Learn more about visual interpreting at https://aira.io.
Jenine Stanley Director, Customer Success & Engagement Aira Tech Corp. jenine.stanley@... Direct Dial: 1-614-600-7408
Access to visual information is a human right.? Customer Care? 1-800-835-1934 support@... Learn more about visual interpreting at https://aira.io.
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They are on one side of the page.
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:25?AM, John Lee Clark via groups.io <jlc@...> wrote:
? Andy, is there Braille on both sides of the pages?? If yes, it’d be tricky to erase a song on one side without also erasing the song on the other side. ? If the Braille is on one side of all the pages, you can take the book to the edge of a table or a hard surface, so to place only that page on it.? you can use almost any hard smooth object to “rub out” the dots.? you can use your fingers and fingernails to do that, too. ? If there’s Braille on both sides—it’s interpoint—this would call for surgery.? There’s an erasing “pencil” that comes with some slate and stylus kits.? The tip of that can be used to press down one specific dot at a time.? no matter how carefully this is done, it will weaken some dots on the other side of the page.? Another way is to use your finger nails to “scratch” the dots on one side, without the page being pressed against anything or not hard.? you’re scratching those dots in the air, as it were, trying to slowly flatten them with a minimum of damage to the dots on the other side. ? Just so you have realistic expectations, it’s impossible to erase Braille dots completely.? They will still be there, no matter how flattened.? I can still read the dots, and they’re probably still visible.? ? So if those songs are clues to a crime you wish to hide, I regret to inform you it’s not possible to erase those clues completely by rubbing out the dots. ? Hope this helps! ? John ?? ? ? ? ? ? I don’t want to take the pages out. I am looking for someone that would be willing to actually flatten the Dots from the ?specific songs.? ?
On Feb 22, 2025, at 7:09?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
?It is a braille book of lyrics? Can you just take the pages out? Another way to erase it is to smash it so that the bumps are not detectable — Dona Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind
On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:03?AM, andy lopez via groups.io <andylopez263@...> wrote:
?Yes. I was potentially wondering if one here could help me with erasing ?a couple of songs from a book that I have with me that has lyrics. I don’t know if I am allowed to post a request like this in a group like this. But I thought I would. If I’m not allowed to post this. Then I am perfectly fine with that as well.? I do have all of the pages where the songs are located. I also should mention that I do have autism.? ?
On Feb 22, 2025, at 6:59?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
?I think most of us do. ?Do you have a question about it? ? — Dona Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind ?Good morning, are there any specialists ?in here that know how to read braille.
Andy
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Re: FanTAStic webinar on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Oh Jenine, thank you for sharing that. ?I hope you don’t mind I’m copying Belinda, who helped organize the webinar, so she can share it with the FABULOUS presenter. ?All of us should watch it and be informed? — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 12:44?PM, Jenine Stanley via groups.io <jenine.stanley@...> wrote:
? Thanks so much Dona, as usual, you’re a great source of info.?
My husband has CBS and we’ve found that it can grow worse with stress. He also has PTSD and TBI, a regular acronym soup. He refuses to tell even our GP, who is generally very curious about such things and not judgmental.? On Feb 22, 2025, at 11:00?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
Thank you, Angela! ?I’m pretty sure that about a third of the people we work with have it, they just don’t talk about it. Just yesterday, I was taking a friend / former client shopping, she has macular degeneration, and said she saw a mouse running across the floor. I was distracted and didn’t say anything, but later she said oh, those are floaters.
So I told her that many people have these hallucinations and wondered if she has any. “Of course,” she said.?
I’ve known her for several years, and she has never mentioned it. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:24?AM, Angela Tabb via groups.io <angela.tabb@...> wrote:
? Thank you, Dona for sharing. It is an interesting syndrome. I worked with an elderly gentleman that had it. I look forward to watching the video.?
Hope you’re doing amazing.? Angela Tabb Make it a beautiful day! ? On Feb 22, 2025, at 8:30?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
? Hi everyone! There’s a wonderful webinar on a condition that many of our students and clients have, the Charles Bonnet syndrome. ?It explains so many things I didn’t realize, and suggestions for dealing with it. ?Check out the link below. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: Belinda Leibowitz <belinda.leibowitz@...>
Date: February 22, 2025 at 5:16:23?AM EST
To: Belinda Leibowitz <belindaleibowitz@...>
Subject: Herewith the recording of the talk on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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-- BELINDA LEIBOWITZ OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST SPECIAL INTEREST IN LOW VISION
Jenine Stanley Director, Customer Success & Engagement Aira Tech Corp. jenine.stanley@... Direct Dial: 1-614-600-7408
Access to visual information is a human right.? Customer Care? 1-800-835-1934 support@... Learn more about visual interpreting at https://aira.io.
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Re: FanTAStic webinar on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Thanks so much Dona, as usual, you’re a great source of info.?
My husband has CBS and we’ve found that it can grow worse with stress. He also has PTSD and TBI, a regular acronym soup. He refuses to tell even our GP, who is generally very curious about such things and not judgmental.? On Feb 22, 2025, at 11:00?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
Thank you, Angela! ?I’m pretty sure that about a third of the people we work with have it, they just don’t talk about it. Just yesterday, I was taking a friend / former client shopping, she has macular degeneration, and said she saw a mouse running across the floor. I was distracted and didn’t say anything, but later she said oh, those are floaters.
So I told her that many people have these hallucinations and wondered if she has any. “Of course,” she said.?
I’ve known her for several years, and she has never mentioned it. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:24?AM, Angela Tabb via groups.io <angela.tabb@...> wrote:
? Thank you, Dona for sharing. It is an interesting syndrome. I worked with an elderly gentleman that had it. I look forward to watching the video.?
Hope you’re doing amazing.? Angela Tabb Make it a beautiful day! ? On Feb 22, 2025, at 8:30?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
? Hi everyone! There’s a wonderful webinar on a condition that many of our students and clients have, the Charles Bonnet syndrome. ?It explains so many things I didn’t realize, and suggestions for dealing with it. ?Check out the link below. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: Belinda Leibowitz <belinda.leibowitz@...>
Date: February 22, 2025 at 5:16:23?AM EST
To: Belinda Leibowitz <belindaleibowitz@...>
Subject: Herewith the recording of the talk on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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-- BELINDA LEIBOWITZ OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST SPECIAL INTEREST IN LOW VISION
Jenine Stanley Director, Customer Success & Engagement Aira Tech Corp. jenine.stanley@... Direct Dial: 1-614-600-7408
Access to visual information is a human right.? Customer Care? 1-800-835-1934 support@... Learn more about visual interpreting at https://aira.io.
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Andy, is there Braille on both sides of the pages?? If yes, it’d be tricky to erase a song on one side without also erasing the song on the other side. ? If the Braille is on one side of all the pages, you can take the book to the edge of a table or a hard surface, so to place only that page on it.? you can use almost any hard smooth object to “rub out” the dots.? you can use your fingers and fingernails to do that, too. ? If there’s Braille on both sides—it’s interpoint—this would call for surgery.? There’s an erasing “pencil” that comes with some slate and stylus kits.? The tip of that can be used to press down one specific dot at a time.? no matter how carefully this is done, it will weaken some dots on the other side of the page.? Another way is to use your finger nails to “scratch” the dots on one side, without the page being pressed against anything or not hard.? you’re scratching those dots in the air, as it were, trying to slowly flatten them with a minimum of damage to the dots on the other side. ? Just so you have realistic expectations, it’s impossible to erase Braille dots completely.? They will still be there, no matter how flattened.? I can still read the dots, and they’re probably still visible.? ? So if those songs are clues to a crime you wish to hide, I regret to inform you it’s not possible to erase those clues completely by rubbing out the dots. ? Hope this helps! ? John ?? ? ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of andy lopez via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OandM] Specialists? I don’t want to take the pages out. I am looking for someone that would be willing to actually flatten the Dots from the ?specific songs.? ?
On Feb 22, 2025, at 7:09?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
?It is a braille book of lyrics? Can you just take the pages out? Another way to erase it is to smash it so that the bumps are not detectable — Dona Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind
On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:03?AM, andy lopez via groups.io <andylopez263@...> wrote:
?Yes. I was potentially wondering if one here could help me with erasing ?a couple of songs from a book that I have with me that has lyrics. I don’t know if I am allowed to post a request like this in a group like this. But I thought I would. If I’m not allowed to post this. Then I am perfectly fine with that as well.? I do have all of the pages where the songs are located. I also should mention that I do have autism.? ?
On Feb 22, 2025, at 6:59?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
?I think most of us do. ?Do you have a question about it? ? — Dona Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind ?Good morning, are there any specialists ?in here that know how to read braille.
Andy
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Re: FanTAStic webinar on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Thank you, Angela! ?I’m pretty sure that about a third of the people we work with have it, they just don’t talk about it. Just yesterday, I was taking a friend / former client shopping, she has macular degeneration, and said she saw a mouse running across the floor. I was distracted and didn’t say anything, but later she said oh, those are floaters.
So I told her that many people have these hallucinations and wondered if she has any. “Of course,” she said.?
I’ve known her for several years, and she has never mentioned it. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 10:24?AM, Angela Tabb via groups.io <angela.tabb@...> wrote:
? Thank you, Dona for sharing. It is an interesting syndrome. I worked with an elderly gentleman that had it. I look forward to watching the video.?
Hope you’re doing amazing.? Angela Tabb Make it a beautiful day! ? On Feb 22, 2025, at 8:30?AM, Dona Sauerburger via groups.io <dona@...> wrote:
? Hi everyone! There’s a wonderful webinar on a condition that many of our students and clients have, the Charles Bonnet syndrome. ?It explains so many things I didn’t realize, and suggestions for dealing with it. ?Check out the link below. — Dona ————————— Dona Sauerburger, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind www.sauerburger.org
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Date: February 22, 2025 at 5:16:23?AM EST
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Subject: Herewith the recording of the talk on Charles Bonnet Syndrome
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