{"id":5534,"date":"2024-02-22T16:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:37:57","slug":"white-cane-magazine-winter-spring-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/white-cane-magazine-winter-spring-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"White Cane Magazine Winter\/Spring 2024","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Welcome to CCB\u2019s Winter\/Spring 2024 issue of&nbsp;<strong><em>White Cane Magazine<\/em><\/strong> and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month.<br>Check out this issue to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hear an update from the Canadian Council of the Blind\u2019s National President, looking back on the successes of 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Get an update on the status of Bill C-284, a bill that will create a national eye health strategy for Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read about why improving accessible travel just makes sense from White Cane Magazine\u2019s editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn how you can prevent eye injuries at home and at work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn more about the Ontario Assistive Devices Program and why this program needs to include smart phones in the list of assistive devices that are reimbursed by the program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read about pervasive myths about blindness through the experience of someone who has superseded the barriers imposed by these myths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn more about age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from one of Canada\u2019s pre-eminent ophthalmologists, along with the latest in AMD research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn about a program designed to help prevent falls among people who are blind or have partial sight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read about the potential that artificial intelligence has in improving many aspects of vision health care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read about a Netflix series in which two of the stars are blind actors playing characters who are blind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn about AMI\u2019s new service, AMI+, a free website that will offer access to AMI\u2019s stable of audio, television, and digital content created by, and for, the disability community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Learn what Air Canada is doing to improve accessibility for passengers with disabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And lots more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It\u2019s a great issue, accessible in Word and PDF Formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Enjoy the Read!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/docs\/WCM_2024-Feb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF Format<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/docs\/WCM_2024-Feb_textonly.docx\">Text-Only Format<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to CCB\u2019s Winter\/Spring 2024 issue of&nbsp;White Cane Magazine and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month.Check out this issue to: It\u2019s a great issue, accessible in Word and PDF Formats. 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