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Upcoming Activities

  • Regular Meeting - Saturday August 23, 2008 - Location: Veterans Administration (VA Maps & Directions)
    • Theme: Enjoying the Arts
    • Speaker: Becky Medley, from Taping for the Blind, Inc.
    • Tips for Better Living - Arthur Dominguez, Club Member
    • Continue Transportation discussion from July meeting - Erika Anderson, Low Vision Therapist
  • Regular Meeting - Saturday September 27, 2008 - Location: U of H (Maps and Directions)
    • Theme: Impact of Disability on Family Relationships
    • Dr. Lynne Shepherd, Staff Psychologist - UH Counseling Clinic
  • Regular Meeting - Saturday October 25, 2008 - Location: Veterans Administration (VA Maps & Directions)
    • Theme: Exercise after vision loss
    • Speakers:
      • Karen Petty, VIST Coordinator, VA
      • Lovely Washington, Houston Low Vision Club member
  • Regular Meeting - Saturday November 22, 2008 - Location: U of H (Maps and Directions)
    • Theme: Getting and Staying Organized After Vision Loss
      • Diana Arnold MOT/LOT, BS in Interior Design, Memorial Herman Home Health - Home Sight

Web Anywhere

This is a link to a new "internet based" text to speech web browser. It provides internet access to those with low vision from locations such as libraries that do not have expensive software and systems available. It will work with any computer that has web access and a speaker system attached. Give it a try! Please note: This is a development edition of the software.

Ocutech Boptic Telescope Demonstration Video

General Information

The Houston Low Vision Club is sponsored by the Center for Sight Enhancement at the University of Houston, College of Optometry.

The club's objective is to assist those experiencing significantly reduced vision loss to discover ways to continue daily activities and maintain their independence. In addition to providing members access to valuable information, the club provides the visually impaired an opportunity to talk with others that share their challenges, including family members and friends. Membership in the club is available to all adults who are experiencing some loss of visual acuity, their friends, and those interested in the field of sight enhancement.

Club meetings frequently include guest speakers from the Center for Sight enhancement, other agencies, or commercial providers. In the past these have included manufacturers of specialty equipment, specialist in mobility, driver training, state agencies such as DARS, and Lighthouse for the Blind. Field trips are frequently an option.

  • Regular Meetings are held on fourth Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Location alternates monthly)
    • University of Houston - J. Davis Armistead Building - Building 505 - 2nd Floor - above the University Eye Institute - (U of H Maps & Directions)
    • The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Bldg. 120 - (VA Maps & Directions)

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Thank you!