For over eighty years March has been declared Save Your Vision Month by the American Optometric Association (AOA). The organization hopes to raise awareness among Americans of the importance of regular eye examinations. Comprehensive examinations done on a regular basis can help to maintain both healthy eyes and healthy vision. By dedicating one month to making people aware of these issues, the AOA hopes that individuals will make it a priority to care for their vision throughout the year.

The Human Resources department is pleased to announce that Kathleen Sheehy has joined NJADB as our Recruiter. Kathleen has been with us since January, assisting our agency by recruiting new staff.

As technology advances around us, some organizations are joining together to make sure that those who have visual or hearing impairments are being given proper consideration. The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) was founded in 2007 to advocate for legislative and regulatory safeguards. This coalition strives to ensure that there is full access by people with disabilities to evolving technologies such as, though not limited to, high speed broadband and wireless connections.

NJADB is happy to announce that we are now linked with GoodSearch, a search engine that donates one penny to nonprofits with every search.

Powered by Yahoo!, the application is used the same way that all other search engines work, except that you can seamlessly help raise funds for NJADB. While only web searches contribute towards the total funds raised, there are also options for image and video searches for your convenience.

In our continued efforts to stay green, NJADB is participating in a fundraiser that recycles used cell phones, inkjets and toner cartridges. Rather than disposing of your materials in the garbage, which will then take up space in landfills and potentially contaminate our soil, NJADB will send the materials to be properly recycled.

The next time you or someone you know finishes an ink cartridge or is purchasing a new cell phone, please bring the used contents to our office. You are welcome to deliver the items by hand to our office or to send them via mail to:
NJADB

Intel has created a new electronic reader which converts text into spoken word. For additional information on this technology and how it may assist the blind and visually impaired, please click HERE.

"Inspired by the success of cochlear implants that can restore hearing to some deaf people, researchers at MIT are working on a retinal implant that could one day help blind people regain a useful level of vision."

              - Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

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June 30, 2009

Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Just four decades ago our nation was struck by an epidemic like no other... Its target: unborn babies.

The Rubella virus, also known as the German Measles, is a mild viral infection. When contracted by children and adults it results in a skin a rash, blood shot eyes, muscle and joint pain, and in some more rare cases bruising can occur. There is no cure for the Rubella virus, but its symptoms only last for a few days (50% of cases go by unnoticed). However, this virus is not completely harmless…