DeWITT, N.Y. — The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) recently celebrated the expansion of its Low Vision Clinic in the Syracuse area as the organization continues to grow in Central New York. “Including Onondaga County, CABVI provided vision services to nearly 22,000 people last year, and we suspect the number will […]
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) recently celebrated the expansion of its Low Vision Clinic in the Syracuse area as the organization continues to grow in Central New York.
“Including Onondaga County, CABVI provided vision services to nearly 22,000 people last year, and we suspect the number will grow a lot now that we are operating here out of Onondaga County,” CEO Ed Welsh said in a statement.
The newly expanded facility — located at 6050 Court Street Road in the town of DeWitt, just outside the Syracuse city line — includes an expanded exam room, diagnostic testing room, and space for occupational therapy. At the Court Street Road clinic, specialists use state-of-the-art equipment to complete comprehensive assessments and create custom care plans for individuals with vision loss.
The need for those services in the Syracuse area is growing with more than 10,000 people self-identifying as visually impaired in Onondaga County.
CABVI has been operating at its Utica headquarters since 1929 and established its Court Street Road location in 2017. The facility also offers employment opportunities in its warehouse and call center. It currently has a staff of 40, with 30 of them legally blind.
CABVI serves people of all ages in a 10-county region, providing employment opportunities and a variety of vision-rehabilitation services including low-vision exams, vision-rehabilitation therapy, orientation and mobility training, assistive-technology training, employment training, adaptive recreation and sports, and social work.
