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  • Skating

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    I recently started ice skating for a bit of exercise.  My hubby Ray and I go to the one hour “older adult skate” a few times a week.  It’s a good thing they don’t call it “mature adult skate” because […]

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  • Party Pooper?

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    Here it is, the party season and yup it’s me, I’m the party pooper.  Not a complete party pooper though, I love the feasting and gathering of the month of December, and I know I mentioned in last […]

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  • Slushy

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    The phone number for the CEP is listed on the website and any calls that come in come directly to me.  I am delighted to have the time to chat with folks who call for info about ordering the […]

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  • Daredevil and Impressions

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    Since I’m a fan of Halloween and costumes and that’s on my mind lately, I’ll start off this piece with a mention of the blind superhero Daredevil.  I still haven’t come up with just the right way to […]

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  • Involvement with the International Standards Organization

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    Involvement with the International Standards Organization (ISO) In early 2014, when the Ontario government was inviting feedback regarding the customer service segment of the Accessibility for […]

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  • Lifestyle and your sight.

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    This month’s blog is from Lisa Bonet, a health-writer whose family member had vision trouble due to a condition they thouhght was unrelated to eye health. The article she contributed contains several […]

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  • Seeing at 16 - A post by guest blogger David MacBrien

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    David MacBrien is a long time friend of Checkered Eye Project Founder Libby THaw.  They worked together at a same day courier in downtown Toronto in the 1980s, and at least once a decade, celebrate […]

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  • Perceiving My Perception

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    This photo depicts me standing in fron of a stuffed moose on the porch of an old tourist shop. Recently I’ve had some illustrations of how hard it is for people to be able to understand what I can or […]

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  • Presence

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    I recently had an opportunity to tape a 30 minute segment on a health related talk show.  In the weeks before the taping I’d made myself abit nervous about it.  Which are the most important points?  […]

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  • Irony

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      … The Checkered Eye Project is working to get some information to the world. We want people to understand that the checkered eye symbol indicates that its wearer has low vision.  We also want […]

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