Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) Offers 20% Discount this Holiday Season
Find great gift ideas for those who are blind or visually impaired at CVI’s VisAbility Hub
ATLANTA (December 6, 2018) – Looking for something meaningful for a friend or loved one who is blind or visually impaired? Then be sure to stop by the Center for the Visually Impaired’s VisAbility Hub located on the first floor of the building at 739 W. Peachtree Street, NW in Atlanta. The VisAbility Hub is the only brick and mortar store carrying items specifically made to assist individuals in Georgia impacted by vision loss.
With convenient shopping options available in person and online, the Hub provides access to more than 1,000 products that can help make life a little easier for someone who is blind, visually impaired or is simply just having trouble seeing the way they used to. Choose from a wide array of items such as big button phones, talking watches and clocks, check and writing guides and large print keyboards. You can also test a variety of assistive technology devices.
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CVI’s VisAbility Hub also carries items specifically for individuals with low vision such as children’s games, assistive technology, health and wellness products and kitchen/housewares. The VisAbility Hub allows you to see, touch and feel the product before you buy it.
With prices ranging from around $2 to $1,500 plus, there is something for every age and vision level. Some of the most popular selling items are white canes starting at $35.50, hand held magnifiers from 3x to 14x the strength ranging from $54.99 to $180.00, various talking items such as clocks ($11.99 to $40.00), watches ($14.99 to $62.95), weight scales ($42.99-$62.99) and blood pressure monitors ($119.99) to name a few, Portable Video Magnifiers starting at $295.00 up to $1595.00, UV Shield Sunglasses ranging from $12.50 to $80.00 and bump dots, which range from $1.79 to $3.69 and help an individual who is visually impaired use their stove for example.
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The VisAbility Hub is offering a 20% discount through December 21, 2018. For more information about CVI programs and services, please call 404-875-9011 or visit www.cviga.org.
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About the Center for the Visually Impaired
Located in Midtown Atlanta, the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) has empowered people with vision loss to live with independence and dignity for more than 50 years. CVI is Georgia’s largest comprehensive, fully accredited, private organization serving individuals of all ages and all degrees of vision loss. Each year, CVI assists more than 4,000 people through targeted programs including the BEGIN early childhood program, STARS program for school-aged youth, New View adult rehabilitation program, Florence Maxwell Low Vision Clinic and the onsite VisAbility Hub – a nonprofit, street-level retail shop providing immediate access to products that help make life easier for people who are blind and visually impaired.
