Posted: January 16, 2012 at 3:28 a.m.
It is estimated that about 15 million Americans are legally blind, or 5% of our population. Please
the following. I hope you can find it in your heart to help enlighten our community of the difficulties these people face in world made for people with vision.
December 12, 2011
Dear Editor,
In September of 2010 Mr. Thomas Carroll, host of the local television show Extreme Dimensions, asked to interview me regarding my acupuncture practice. Take a look at the video to the right and read the excerpt below from Mr. Carroll's website.
Julie came to my clinic in 2003 for the first time. She was sixteen years old and suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a group of genetic eye disease that cause degeneration of the photoreceptor cells in the retina, which is the area in the eye that contains light sensitive cells called rods and cones. The optic nerve senses images and sends them to the visual cortex in the brain.
