Author: Dianna Leonard

by Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, May, 2025 A year ago, I went to New York for one of the first Glidance Demo Days. As a cane user who has had elbow pain caused by my cane use, and as …

Submitted by Jeanette Kutash Barbara Black grew up in New York City, and attended college at State university of New York Stony Brook. She completed her Master's Degree at Bank Street College in New York. Barbara was diagnosed as legally blind with …

By Jerry Berrier | From BayLines Express, March, 2025 A couple of months ago, Martha Steele, an expert blind birder from Massachusetts, approached me and asked if I might be interested in collaborating with her on planning a bird-a-thon for birders …

By Cindy Wentz | From BayLines Express, February, 2025 While I have always been legally blind, my vision has taken a huge hit in the past few decades. I’ve gone from reading print and walking without a cane or dog to …

Submitted by Jeanette Kutash Myra Ross was born in New York, and lived in the Long Island area where she attended elementary and high school. Before she was five years old she had multiple surgeries on her eyes, as she was …

by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2024 This has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB. Our Board and committees have been hard at work addressing priority issues of benefit to our members and the Commonwealth’s blind and …