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Last modified on Thu 25 Feb 2021 23.37 EST Dame Judi Dench has spoken of her determination to carry on working despite sight loss, even if that means using friends to learn lines and being gently told to stop delivering speeches to the proscenium arch rather than her fellow actors. Dench described how she copes with deteriorating eyesight – the challenges, the unexpected advantages and the funny side – at an online event on Thursday with Stephen Fry and Hayley Mills for the Vision Foundation, the London sight loss charity. She explained how she had learned to adapt to her condition, cause...

Hayley said there is a “stigma” about partially sighted or blind people working as actors. “I think it is about ignorance because unless you have had that experience yourself, you don’t know what it is like,” she said. “It’s not something you can see unless someone comes towards you with a white stick and people have to make other allowances.” The actress said her father remained “terribly independent” despite the issues with his vision. “He carried on working for a very long time and people didn’t know that he was having problems,” she said. “He was so very lucky ...

Vaccinations update IDPH reports 27,164 COVID vaccine doses have been put into people’s arms in McLean County so far, and 4.1% of the county’s population has received both vaccine doses. That’s higher than the state average of 4%. MCHD administrator Jessica McKnight warned first-dose vaccines will remain limited in the coming weeks due to weather-related delays in distribution. The county’s four second-dose clinics are still scheduled for next week, but McKnight has said they could be postponed if expected vaccine doses are delayed. The clinics are scheduled for: Tuesday, Feb. 23, at ...

Good Vision Starts With Good Doctors™ Essilor Vision Foundation supports charitable eye doctors News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- For most people, a visit to the eye doctor is pretty straightforward. Patients likely don't think about those in their community who can't afford vision care or how their eye doctor may be helping people in need. Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF) believes good vision starts with good doctors and, thanks to charitable eye doctors, millions of people in need are able to get essential vision exams and glasse...

BIG Vision Foundation Files Lawsuit Against the County of Berks News provided by Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 3, 2021, BIG Vision Foundation, which for over thirty years has served the Berks County community through youth sports, filed a lawsuit against Berks County, the Berks County Board of Commissioners, and Berks County Solicitor Christine M. Sadler for their unlawful and defamatory efforts to destroy BIG Vision's business relationships.  Former BIG Vision Sports Complex For decades BIG Vision's baseball and softball tourn...