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Yahoo
16-04-2025
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Beeping egg hunt held in Bridgeport for visually-impaired children
BRIDGEPORT, (WBOY) — In collaboration with several other organizations, the Bridgeport Lions Club sponsored a beeping Easter egg hunt for visually-impaired children Wednesday morning at the Bridge Sports Complex. Lions Club Member Trina Britcher, who helped organize the event, told 12 News that the idea started back in the late 1980s after another club member named Bill Miles developed a beeping Easter egg that was made of old egg-shaped containers that were used to hold pantyhose. Britcher said that over time, the idea morphed into using air freshener containers that also beep. 'Mr. Miles was very proud of the fact that he made these eggs and wanted to do this activity, especially since the Lions Club really supports the needs of people with blindness and visual impairment,' Britcher said. WVU Medicine Children's holds Pinwheels for Prevention event Twenty-one students from schools in Harrison, Taylor and Ritchie counties came to this year's event. 'Many of our students are in schools alone; they might be the only blind or visually-impaired person at their school,' said Britcher. 'So coming to an activity like this is fun. It also gives them the opportunity to see other children using long white canes, that are braille readers, that are learning and gaining information both tactually and auditorily, in addition to their vision,' she added. The Bridgeport Woman's Club made Easter baskets for each of the children to take home, while the Bridgeport Lions Club organized the event and provided lunch. Harrison County Schools also helped out by making crafts for the event, also bringing the students in using some of their buses. The Children's Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) from the Eye Institute also arrived to do orientation and mobility activities, according to Britcher. She said that the CVRP also provided them with support staff and children that the organization works with on an outreach basis. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
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Blind and visually impaired students compete in West Virginia Braille Challenge
MORGANTOWN, (WBOY) — WVU's Children's Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) hosted the West Virginia Braille Challenge in Morgantown Thursday, where blind and visually impaired children in grades 1-12 competed in a braille reading and writing contests, testing them in comprehension, speed, and accuracy. Thirty students from 16 West Virginia counties participated in the challenge, including students from West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Romney. The challenge is a part of a national competition developed by the Braille Institute. CVRP will send the tests to the Braille Institute, who will let them know if any of the students qualify for the national competition in Los Angeles. West Virginia law enforcement will be targeting this traffic violation starting Friday 12 News spoke with Drew Moorman Jr., a student at Nitro High School who competed in the challenge. He said that he started using braille in his day-to-day life five years ago after a medical complication made him completely lose his eyesight. He said CVRP has helped him learn the skills he needs to navigate day to day life. 'It got competitive last year and that was my first year.' Moorman said. 'But this time, like, I didn't have any anxiety. I just knew what to expect and I just had to do my best.' Moorman told 12 News that braille is his primary form of reading. Developing technology is also being infused with braille to create cutting-edge education tools such as the Monarch braille display, which the CVRP uses to help Moorman and other students with their homework, acting as a word processor, graphing calculator and tactile graphic display. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
