Insights from Future In Sight

November 9, 2020

Future In Sight recently received a grant from the Ella F. Anderson Trust, BNY Mellon, N.A., Trustee.  This grant from the Trust supports Future In Sight’s vision rehabilitation services for elderly clients in Nashua, making a positive impact on residents with profound vision loss through Future In Sight since 2004....

November 3, 2020

Whew!  2020 has been a whirlwind in so many unanticipated ways and folks are feeling some added stress these days....

October 26, 2020

The One4All Accessible Voting System will be available to anyone who asks to use it at their polling place in New Hampshire on Tuesday, November 3rd....

October 16, 2020

As part of our mission, we have long felt passionate about understanding and delivering on the needs of those who live with profound vision loss. Thanks to deep relationships with eye care professionals who refer their patients to us, we are reaching more and more people around the state who are blind or visually impaired....

October 13, 2020

It was 1964 when President Lyndon Johnson, under joint resolution of Congress, proclaimed October 15th to be White Cane Safety Day – a day that recognizes and celebrates the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired....

October 7, 2020

The Accessible Absentee Voting System is making it possible for NH voters who are blind or visually impaired to cast their vote independently and privately in the upcoming general election, in spite of the extra hurdles created by the COVID 19 pandemic....

September 30, 2020

Earlier this month Future In Sight named Sherry Burbank as their Director of Youth Services. In this newly expanded position, Sherry will oversee education teams, research, recreational activities and services that are specifically designed to meet the wide range of needs of NH youth who are blind or visually impaired....

September 23, 2020

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September 21, 2020

Our friends at the Concord Lions Club are once again offering the "KidSight Eye Screening" program to schools in the greater Concord area. These events are organized and facilitated by Tom Geno and Norm Roberge, Co-chairs of the Concord Lions Club for Operation KidSight....

September 10, 2020

As school begins there are a variety of different placements students will be experiencing from continued remote learning full time, part time with a hybrid learning model, or attending school full time....

August 21, 2020

We extend an enormous THANK YOU from all of us to to all of you for your personal role in making the Future in Sight Walk for Sight 2020 a big success!...

August 13, 2020

On the go technology and common apps that are used on tablets and smartphones are not always designed with low vision users in mind. But there are some specific apps that deliver features or functionality that can really make using these everyday devices much easier for those with vision impairment....

August 7, 2020

Here is a great "How To" video produced by Future In Sight Low Vision Occupational Therapist, Beth Daisy. This video introduces low vision users to the apps and options available for reading PDF files on a smartphone....

August 5, 2020

Blackbaud, a third party software vendor used by many nonprofits, and our vendor for fundraising software, recently notified us of a security incident they have experienced....

July 30, 2020

After years of partnering with Future In Sight to deliver standard supports to those who qualify for services under the national Independent Living for the Older Blind (ILOB) program, Services for the Blind and Vision-Impaired (SBVI), an office within the New Hampshire Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (NHVR), has contracted with Future In Sight to deliver two new programs to serve the specific needs of this community....