New Beginnings August 5, 2012: How to Talk to Your Eye Doctor

This month host Todd Pipitone shares information on overall physical fitness and its effect on eye health; we'll hear about National Eye Care Month; and co-host Rene Latorre talks with Nancy Nealon, VP of Vision Rehab about the new expansion at ABVI.

This month we hear an article from ABVI President and CEO about the fulfillment of a dream in the new expansion of ABVI's South Clinton Avenue facility. Rene Latorre talks with Vocational Rehab Teacher Barbara Devney and consumer Ellyn Prietz about adaptive cooking and baking, especially as the holidays approach.

This month Todd Pipitone tells us about how to get rides to the polls, and lots of events happening at ABVI. Rene Latorre chats with audio describer Nikki Llewellyn about live audio description at the Rochester Broadway Theater League shows for 2012-2013.

ABVI's Director of Advocacy and Consumer Affairs, Rene Latorre talks with Kirstyn Smith, a mother, educator and advocate for accessible voting, about using the Dominion BMD machines when casting your vote this November. We'll also celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

ABVI-Goodwill's September program features Chris Frank who tells us about Project LifeSkillz, and Marlisa Post discussing this year's Visionary Gala on September 29th.

Host Todd Pipitone talks with Dr. Katherine White about what a person should consider when looking for an eye doctor, and how to best communicate with your practitioner about your care. We'll also hear about what's on the horizon for ABVI-Goodwill and get an update on Christopher Smokers story.

This week Todd Pipitone talks with Dr. Katherine White and Dr. Silvia Sorensen about eye research going on in Rochester and ABVI-Goodwill's participation in that research.

In June, host Todd Pipitone takes a look at eye research in which ABVI-Goodwill participates. He reports on the Macular Degeneration Aging Study (MADAS) being done at the University of Rochester and the Depressive Symptoms and Function in Older Adults with Low Vision study at the university of Rochester.

In May, New Beginnings celebrates Healthy Vision Month, a national awareness campaign that began in 2003 to draw attention to the need for wellness and prevention programs to maintain eye health.

The April 2012 show highlights how cutting edge technology can change the lives of people with vision loss.