Senior Connection 2016
On June 8th, 2015, MABVI and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) held the 22nd annual Senior Connection conference!
The event brought together hundreds of our Low Vision Peer Support Group members from across Massachusetts, and served as a chance for seniors with vision loss to connect with each other, to hear presentations by notable speakers in the field, and to visit exhibitors providing information on helpful vision loss services and adaptive technology devices.
Listen to audio of Senior Connection 2016 courtesy the Talking Information Center
This year’s featured speakers included:
- Meredith Gregory-Ksander, Ph.D., Associate Scientist at Mass Eye and Ear’s Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Ophthalmology
- Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Commissioner Paul Saner
- MAB Community Services CEO Barbara Salisbury
- MAB Board of Directors member Dr. Richard Jamara of the New England College of Optometry
- Representatives from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s Consumer Advocacy and Response Division presenting on “How to Protect Yourself from Consumer Fraud”
Thank you to all who attended, to MCB, the exhibitors, our wonderful volunteers from East Boston Savings Bank, and everyone else and helped make this another fun, informative, and successful year for this event.
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