The Checkered Eye Project (CEP) is an initiative to educate the public about low vision, and they’ve recently unveiled a new website.
Founder of the Checkered Eye Project, Libby Thaw of Saugeen Shores, tells Bayshore Broadcasting News one of the main reasons for the upgrade is to acknowledge the larger businesses that support the group.
C-E-P indicates that there are two main ways of identifying a person with low vision, the white ID cane and a wearable button or patch.
Thaw says McDonalds Canada, Tim Horton’s, Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall and the Canadian Tire Dealers Association to name a few, support the project by educating their staff about the blind.
The awareness of a person’s hidden needs can alleviate confusion, frustration, and embarrassment, for both the visually impaired and the people with whom they interact.
The new website links directly to their Twitter account and Facebook page.
The Checkered Eye Project was started right here in Grey-Bruce and is now in use four countries; Canada, the U.S., New Zealand and Switzerland.
The Checkered Eye Project was founded back in fall of 2000.
For more information log on to — www.checkerdeye.com
