The Blindness Low Vision Experience Activities
The Whole Person’s Blindness Low Vision Experience program encourages individuals to enjoy opportunities to achieve greater independence and access to the community through physical and outdoor activities, art and cultural events and other experiences.
Examples of activities include "Yoga for Everyone!" (flexibility and strength class), "Time to Spare" (accessible bowling), Tech Talk (guest speakers on a variety of topics), Mind's Eye View Peer Support Group and adaptive sports activities throughout the year. Each activity meets on different dates and times depending on activities. See calendar listings below.
TWP creates accessible documents for all our programs to support participants who are blind or have low vision. Contact Halley Korff for assistance.
Contact for more information:
Halley Korff; hkorff@thewholeperson.org; 816-214-9735.
CLICK HERE to visit the Blind Low Vision Experience website page to learn more!
BLVE Calendar
Improve your flexibility and strength with detailed description and hands-on help. Bring an exercise mat or beach towel if you like, and you don’t have to see it to do it!
Whether you are new to vision loss, in the process of losing vision, or vision loss has always been a part of your life, you may be interested in “Mind’s Eye View.” This group is a solution-focused peer support group for people with vision loss seeking to live independent, fulfilling, self-supporting lives, fully integrated into society's mainstream. “Mind’s Eye View” will meet monthly from 5:30-6:30 pm on the first Monday of each month, at The Whole Person to discuss issues faced by people who are blind or low vision and explore strategies for achieving and maintaining emotional, psychological and social well-being. Dr. Arnold Abels, PHD, and Sheila Styron, Blindness Low Vision Specialist, The Whole Person will co-facilitate “Mind’s Eye View”, as part of the “Blindness Low Vision Experience.”
Here’s your chance to socialize and soak up some of that amazing alley atmosphere. Come experience accessible bowling, guaranteed to reduce the frequency of gutter balls! Cost: $3.50 per game.
Improve your flexibility and strength with detailed description and hands-on help. Bring an exercise mat or beach towel if you like, and you don’t have to see it to do it!
Beading is back! On Monday, March 18, we will be meeting in the community room to create artistic beaded squares to become parts of a giant quilted mural for Kansas City. There is already one of these beautiful murals proudly displayed at the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind, and when our creation is complete, Kansas Citians will also have the opportunity to see what people with disabilities are capable of creating!
All aboard RideKC! You choose where to explore, which bus route to practice. (Times and dates for scheduling this event are flexible.)
Improve your flexibility and strength with detailed description and hands-on help. Bring an exercise mat or beach towel if you like, and you don’t have to see it to do it!
Call or email with questions and to RSVP.
On Saturday, March 30, 1:00–3:00 pm, please join the BLVE at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art as the NEW Art Beyond Sight tours officially launch. Designed for people who are blind or low vision, on five different tours, participants will touch objects, use tactile diagrams, and engage in other activities to bring the art alive. Please contact Sheila with questions or to RSVP. Light refreshments will be served.
