News & Events

Through VLANJ’s pivot to virtual programming, individuals with vision loss have sought and
found a community of support, education, and skills development.

Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey welcomed William Schuldt, a seasoned nonprofit professional, as its new president and CEO!

This delicious recipe was shared by one of our VLANJ Board Members, Ming Wu, and no scales are required - only an empty “yoghurt pot,” a.k.a. just a regular yogurt container! 

Via the National Federation of the Blind, it was announced that Amazon is to expand employment opportunities at Amazon Fulfillment Centers, making them more accessible to workers who are blind. 

  VLANJ board member Ming Wu has a passion for improving the lives of people living with sight loss, and she often helps to raise awareness about related topics. She writes on her blog about how "...as a visually impaired woman, I find very few skincare and beauty products are designed with people like me in mind. I sometimes […]

  Starbucks is now offering more options to make their stores and ordering experience accessible to customers who are living with low vision or blindness! Learn more by clicking here.

We will continue to expand our free virtual offerings this winter, thanks to grants from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and The Grotta Fund for Senior Care. We’re so grateful to these foundations for helping us remove barriers, so people with vision loss can access programs and interact with peers and our professional staff. […]

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day recipe? Look no further! VLANJ student and technology instructor Christina Brino recommends a recipe featured on Epicurious.com by Dora Charles: "Very Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing and Pecans." Here's what you need to make it: YIELD Serves 12–16 INGREDIENTS Cake: 2½ cups cake flour ½ teaspoon baking soda […]

February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month. Often called AMD or ARMD, it is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are aged 65 and older.   In an episode of the Hadley Presents: A Conversation with the Experts audio podcast, Dr. Tim Murray of the American Society of Retina Specialists […]

  Restoration of vision through a brain implant in those who are blind is on the verge of becoming reality. Recent discoveries show that newly developed high-resolution implants in the visual cortex make it possible to recognize artificially induced shapes and percepts. Click this link to learn more: https://bit.ly/restoringrudimentaryvision      

Are you still on the lookout for holiday gifts this season? Click the link below to consider items suggested by ophthalmicedge.org for your friends and/or family members living with low vision or blindness. https://ophthalmicedge.org/patient/the-hottest-low-vision-gifts/  

Paul Caruso spent up to 90 minutes on a bus for people with disabilities to get to Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey in Denville. The ride back to his Lodi home after weekly classes consistently took an hour and a half, and often involved a transfer. That was just fine with Caruso. “I considered […]

Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey this fall launched Living Independently for Tomorrow (LIFT), a virtual adaptive skills program for people adjusting to sight loss and their family members. LIFT is an online version of VLANJ’s effective in-person Essential Low Vision course, providing basic training in daily life activities. Over four weeks, LIFT covers: cooking […]

Had Lukas Franck liked working with children, his 43-year career with The Seeing Eye guide dog school might never have taken off.  Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey’s newest trustee intended to use his undergraduate degree in speech pathology and audiology to work with deaf children. But after a stint in a school, “I realized […]

Registration is now open for Winter 2021 classes!  Click here to go to the registration page for all virtual classes.

Researchers led by Rupert Bourne, Professor of Ophthalmology at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), led a team of researchers who examined more than 500 studies showing trends in prevalence of blindness and vision loss, allowing them to make forecasts about vision loss over the next three decades. Click the link below to read about it! Blindness and sight loss to […]

Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey’s virtual Dining in the Dark event on Oct. 29 attracted an estimated 500 viewers — and rave reviews! The event is now available for viewing on our YouTube page by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/dininginthedarkyoutube Though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic precluded an in-person gathering this year, the online fundraiser, our […]

Learn more about a new discovery with the potential to reverse vision loss by clicking the link below: Discovery holds potential for reversing vision loss An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation discovery could pave the way for therapies to reverse vision loss common in premature infants and adults. In a new study appearing in the Proceedings […]

Registration is now open for VLANJ Goes Virtual: A Dining in the Dark Experience

On October 29, 2020, at 6:45 pm, Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey will host VLANJ Goes Virtual: A Dining in the Dark Experience, our organization’s primary 2020 fundraising event.  The event is designed to enable sighted individuals to experience the world through the eyes of a person living without sight. We will take you […]