How to Protect Your Eyes During Winter
When you think about winter and how it affects your eyes, what comes to mind? Are you brought back to memories of cutting winds that leave your eyes streaming with tears? Do you recall times where you had to navigate yourself fully squinting because the light...
Navigating Post-secondary as a Student with Low Vision
When it comes to the low vision community, there is a lot that sighted individuals don’t know or understand. As a result, students with low vision or blindness are often told that a post-secondary education is beyond their reach. This, however, is not true. Thanks to...
Empowering the low vision community
eSight has enabled many people around the world to achieve 20/20 visual acuity. Over the years, we have witnessed users being able to see the faces of their loved ones for the first time, get their confidence back, excel again at work and school, and do the things...
Vision Loss and Fall Prevention
Regardless of age or the amount of functional vision, we are all at risk of falls. Fall prevention is important work and even more so if you or someone you live or work with is visually impaired. Vision loss is one of the main contributing factors to a heightened risk...
Changing Lives with Chad E. Foster, Author of Blind Ambition
Chad E. Foster, motivational speaker and author of the book, Blind Ambition, joined us for an exclusive interview with CTO, Charles Lim.
Inspiring Important Conversations on World Sight Day
On the second Thursday of October is World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness, that focuses global attention on the issues surrounding visual impairment and blindness. Each year the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness chooses a different theme to...
A Message to the Sighted Community in Celebration of #WorldSightDay
Today is WorldSightDay. In honour of this important day, the #eSightTogether community came together to share their thoughts and make their voices heard. We’ve put together a video highlighting some important messages from our community. In doing so, we hope to build...
Flatten Inaccessibility: Living With Low Vision or Blindness During COVID-19
Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum, Director of Research at the American Foundation for the Blind, joined #eSightTogether to discuss the findings from the Flatten Inaccessibility study, that surveyed the lives of 1,921 adults living with low vision and blindness during COVID-19....
National Guide Dog Month: History, Etiquette Tips, and Facts
September marks the beginning of National Guide Dog Month! This month serves as a celebration of all the wonderful work guides dogs have done. Many people who live with low vision, legal blindness, or profound blindness, may opt to get a guide dog. Even eSight users...
Back to School Tips for Students with Low Vision
Back to school season in September represents something different to each person. For those who live with legal blindness for example, school can represent a set of new challenges. But whether you’re excited or worried to be returning to school again, after reading...