• Join us in welcoming new MABVI staff.
• Volunteer with us!
• Learn how to use technology to achieve greater independence!
• Watch and share our new training video: Your Role in Adjustment to Visual Disability.
• Meet Jade from MABVI's Adjustment Counseling program!

Image description: Steve Jordan, MABVI's Director of Orientation and Mobility, smiles alongside Jennifer Harnish, PhD, MABVI's new Director of Social Services during White Cane Day at the Massachusetts State House in October.

Image description: MABVI participant Dean Denniston works with volunteer Stephanie Ross to read mail and pay bills.

Would you like a flexible, convenient, and rewarding volunteer experience? Contact MABVI about:

• Becoming a 1:1 volunteer, or
• Becoming a volunteer access technology trainer

As long-term MABVI 1:1 volunteer Stephanie Ross shared:

"So proud to see MABVI expanding and reaching even more people in Massachusetts. The last 10 years volunteering for them (and with Dean, pictured above) have been so rewarding. I can't picture life without my weekly piles of mail, discussions, and laughs."

Image description: two people view enlarged text on CCTVs.

For people with vision loss, learning how to use assistive technology can be a game changer. MABVI trains participants to use iPhones, iPads, screen readers, smart glasses, and more to do what they need and love to do. Last year, MABVI increased its Access Technology Training sessions by 32% to 2,470 sessions. We now offer in-person services in new community-based locations Mattapan, West Roxbury, and New Bedford. Learn more about the program at https://www.mabvi.org/mabvi-access-technology-and-training-centers/ or by emailing ATCenter@mabcommunity.org

Video description: Image and link to MABVI's new introductory training video, "Your Role in Adjustment to Visual Disability"

This video, produced by Amy Ruell, LICSW, is designed to help families, care partners and service providers understand and support vision loss adjustment. Please watch this video and share it! To find other helpful information, training sessions, and resources, visit: https://www.mabvi.org/resources/

Fear of losing independence, anxiety, depression, grief, and isolation are common responses to vision loss. MABVI's unique Adjustment Counseling program offers phone-based therapy that helps participants move forward with greater confidence. Blind and visually impaired clinicians share coping strategies that address vision loss and work with participants to set goals and move forward. Watch this video featuring MABVI adjustment counselor Jade Fortes, MSW to learn more about this program!

Find out more about our Adjustment Counseling program here: https://www.mabvi.org/services/counseling/

While MABVI offers many services at no charge to participants, they are not free to deliver. HALF of MABVI's annual budget relies on donations. Please consider donating to help MABVI deliver and expand our lifechanging services!