UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation

It’s that time of year again! Time for our fall Songs For Sight meeting at McWane! Sign up here:

Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Group at McWane Science Center 2024 A fun time in the Science Center mingling with families of children with low vision while enjoying dinner, science and a little education.

⛸️Attention VIPs⛸️
It's time to lace up your skates and join us on Sunday, February 25th at the Pelham Civic Center for our next Songs for Sight support group meeting! Please carefully read and complete the Eventbrite page to ensure you are included in the festivities.

Songs for Sight Low Vision Support Group Winter Meeting: Ice Skating 2024 Join us for our annual winter event!

Congratulations Dr. DeCarlo on this well-deserved designation!

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own CEO, Dawn K. DeCarlo, OD, PhD! She has been chosen as a 2024 ARVO Silver Fellow!

The title of ARVO Fellow is an honor established to recognize current members for their individual accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Association. Fellows serve as role models and mentors for individuals pursuing careers in vision and ophthalmology research.

Dr. DeCarlo's official induction will take place in May.

https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/arvo-fellows/

Photo courtesy of UAB Callahan Eye.

ALL TICKETS NOW CLAIMED!

✨ATTENTION Songs for Sight Families! We’ve just been notified that Red Mountain Theater has had 20 tickets graciously donated for us to attend their 🎄Holiday Spectacular Show 🎅🏻THIS SATURDAY (12/9) starting at 7:30pm. We understand it is very short notice but if you would like to attend please comment or contact the clinic to let us know how many tickets you will need. Final headcount will be reported at 9:00am Friday morning and tickets are limited so DON’T DELAY!

Songs for Sight Low Vision Support Group Event!

Registration for our annual kickoff at the McWane Science Center is now OPEN! You may use either the QR code on the flyer or the link below to sign up🔬🤓🎨

As always, the food and fun are free of charge. Regustration will close at MIDNIGHT on NOVEMBER 3rd 2023 so DON’T DELAY!

Questions? Call the clinic at 205-488-0736 or send an email to [email protected]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/songs-for-sight-youth-low-vision-support-group-at-the-mcwane-center-tickets-722287349907

Blindness and Clinical Trials Webinar - Accessible Pharmacy Please join Accessible Pharmacy Services as we discuss clinical trials for the blind and low vision community with expert presenters.

Now everyone can join in the hunt at home, school, church and beyond!

DIY Audio Easter Egg Electronics Project | Jameco Favorites Audio Easter Egg, The Audio Easter Egg is great for treasure hunts, games or just a fun novelty. It emits a chick sounding chirp at delayed intervals and is built into any plastic egg

It's almost that time of year! Time for skating and another great Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Support Group Meeting on January 28, 2023 in Pelham, AL . Join us as we take on Crucial Conversations and enjoy fun, fellowship and ice skating!! Register through the link below!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/songs-for-sight-youth-low-vision-support-group-meeting-ice-skating-tickets-491969683567

Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Support Group Meeting & Ice Skating An afternoon of crucial conversations, fun, fellowship and ice skating with children with vision impairment and their families.

It's official! We are having our Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Support Group meeting at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham on October 22, 2022! This is our first major gathering since the pandemic began and we are so excited to see everyone. This is an event for the whole family - siblings included. The kids will be entertained with science activities and crafts in the McWane Science classrooms while the parents meet in the Event Center down the hall. More details about the parent session will be available soon. Check-in starts at 2:30 with the event beginning at 3. At 5:15 we'll have Full Moon Barbecue and at 6 the McWane Center closes and is available to us privately until 8PM. This is a free event, but we need you to register so that we have the right quantities of food and supplies. You can register at the link below. Register by 10/16/2022. After that date, you'll need to email [email protected] to see if space is available. Also, if your plans change (including a change in the number in your party), please email [email protected] so that we can adjust our numbers. Thank you and we hope to see you soon!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/427293274687

Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Support Group at McWane Science Center A fun time in the Science Center mingling with families of children with low vision while enjoying dinner, science and a little education.

Congratulations to Matthew Leong! Matthew has attended many Songs for Sight events over the years. Now he's graduating from UAB. Go Blazers! Go Matthew!! https://www.uab.edu/news/people/item/12813-college-student-defies-all-odds-to-graduate-at-uab-s-spring-commencement?fbclid=IwAR0CGGYVtGa5QsHOwmf39T4sQ4XynFo-PYnBbgIrE2014TbGB78oP-BHy3I

College student defies all odds to graduate at UAB’s spring commencement Matthew Leong will graduate in the spring undergraduate commencement ceremony April 30 in Bartow Arena.

Great news! We still don't know the fate of our camp at Children's Harbor in April, but if you are really missing the lake, CH has a great opportunity for a free weekend at the lake over spring break.

Happy Holidays everyone! Thought you might be interested in this event on Thursday, 12/16 from the Foundation Fighting Blindness:
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Music to Our Eyes Blind Boys of AL - 12/8 The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. In a career that has spanned over 70 years, the Blind Boys have racked up five GRAMMY Awards (plus one for Lifetime Achievement), have been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and have collaborated with a....

I'm really sorry to say that the latest COVID surge is preventing us from holding our meeting in September. Our last meeting was in February 2020 and we really miss having you all together. We will be rescheduling for our usual April date ins 2022 and sincerely hope that COVID is just a bad memory by then.

In the meantime, if you want to understand more about how the vaccine works, Dr. Brian Samuels, a glaucoma specialist here at Callahan made a great presentation. https://vimeo.com/586952395/7577ae8b19

I was vaccinated in December, as were all of the providers in the Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation. UAB is making COVID vaccination required for employment (employees must show proof of full vaccination by November) - that's how much the scientists and clinicians here believe in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

Dr. David Kimberlin, the co-director of Children's of Alabama/UAB Division of Pediatric Infectious disease talks about how much more transmissible the Delta variant is than the variant we dealt with last winter. Childrens of Alabama has 10 more children with COVID as inpatients than they did at the peak of the winter surge. Several are on ventilators. https://www.wsfa.com/video/2021/08/13/significant-increase-covid-patients-children-alabama/

Vaccination does not prevent all COVID disease, but it does significantly reduce the risk of hospitalization or death. The Pfizer vaccine gained full FDA approval today! We hope you'll consider getting the vaccine if you have not done so already!

COVID-19 Vaccine Presentation This is "COVID-19 Vaccine Presentation" by Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Children's Harbor Event - Songs for Sight Youth Low Vision Support Group. It feels like forever since we've been together! I know some of you are wondering about our April weekend. Due to the pandemic, we just cannot do it next month. But, Children's Harbor has graciously allowed us to reschedule to September 17-19. Save this date! It is still tentative, depending on the pandemic situation, but we are hoping to hold our camp weekend then!