Tyler Paper Author: Jennifer Scott Published: June 7, 2023 When Alberto Destarac began losing his vision last year, he felt his future was bleak, especially since he was attending the U.S. Naval Academy. “I just felt so defeated… I didn’t know how I was going to deal with it,”...
CBS 19 Author: Ashley French Published: 7:40 AM CDT May 17, 2023 LONGVIEW, Texas — The road to graduation is never easy. As a matter of fact, it's even harder for students living with a disability. Pine Tree High School senior Asia Self was born legally blind and...
PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - What started as a love for cars for an East Texas student has turned into a passion. “My goal is to own my own shop,” Tristen Stickle, senior at Jacksonville High School said. He has loved cars his whole life, and his favorites...
As part of their Subaru Support series, Peltier Subaru in Tyler is featuring a non-profit organization each month. For February, our latest stop takes us to the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, a non-profit serving the blind and visually impaired through rehabilitation, education, training,...
LONGVIEW, Texas - If you can’t see, you can still do a painting. That’s what a North Texas artist discovered after he lost his sight. John Bramblit is legally blind, but that didn’t stop him from painting. “If you’re visually impaired you just find a different way...
WHITEHOUSE, Texas – Easter is just around the corner and over at the Whitehouse Baptist Church they hosted a very special egg hunt. These eggs create a beeping sound, helping visually impaired students find the treasure that’s hidden in plain sight. The exercise isn’t just about finding...
The hunt for Easter eggs is a time-honored tradition, as children carry their Easter baskets and display immense joy and satisfaction with that first found egg, then moving on to the next hidden egg. But for hundreds of children with visual impairment, egg hunts have seemed...
East Texas Lighthouse has been expanding its mission of empowerment and education from one coast to another by attending conventions of assistive technology. “While our priority will always be our local East Texans, we have continuously felt that if we can help people beyond our own...
When one nonprofit organization has a mission for a better community, it is inspiring. When two nonprofit organizations come together to help each other, it is a force to be reckoned with. “It is amazing how nonprofits can have this common thread in giving back and...
Kilgore — Plastic drop cloths lined the floor and tables of a room Thursday inside the Region 7 Education Service Center in Kilgore as the space was temporarily converted into an artist’s studio. Forty-six visually impaired students from 20 area school districts attended a workshop led...
