{"id":721,"date":"2019-01-21T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.ca\/about-us\/news-and-stories\/copy-of-despite-losing-her-sight-ida-maintains-her-independence\/"},"modified":"2019-09-09T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:58:06","slug":"meme-apres-avoir-perdu-la-vue-ida-conserve-son-independance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/nouvelles-et-recits\/meme-apres-avoir-perdu-la-vue-ida-conserve-son-independance\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00eame apr\u00e8s avoir perdu la vue, Ida conserve son ind\u00e9pendance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Six years ago, Ida lost her eyesight to a rare genetic disorder.<\/p>\n

Losing her sight to illness was a traumatic experience, but she says the CNIB<\/a> Foundation, a United Way partner, helped her access programs and services to help her through the hardship and regain her autonomy.<\/p>\n

CNIB’s Vision Mate program<\/a> matched Ida with Anne \u2013 a sighted volunteer who helps her with tasks like going to the grocery store, organizing the house, assisting with errands or simply going for walks around the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Every two weeks, Ida and Anne meet for a couple of hours. During their time together, Anne helps Ida accomplish small tasks that are sometimes made difficult by Ida\u2019s blindness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Right away, I was introduced to CNIB and I felt very fortunate at the time to be paired with Anne, my Vision Mate.\"<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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With Anne\u2019s support, Ida feels empowered and is better able to maintain her independence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Ontario, close to 200,000 people are blind or partially sighted. Additionally, the prevalence of sensory disabilities like sight loss are more likely to increase as adults age \u2013 and Ottawa\u2019s senior population is greater than ever before.<\/a><\/p>\n

United Way Ottawa works with CNIB to ensure local seniors continue to live their lives as they choose and stay connected to the community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Luckily for both Ida and Anne, CNIB takes care to match clients with volunteers who have similar interests and life experiences. After years of spending time together, Ida and Anne\u2019s relationship has evolved into a life-changing friendship that neither of them could have predicted.<\/p>\n

Ida says she feels much more comfortable in her home and community thanks to resources provided by CNIB, United Way, and the generous donors that make this important work possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI see that as all parties counting us in to give back to the community. To me, it\u2019s like everybody is a hero\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t- Anne\u200b<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGazouillez<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ida a perdu la vue en raison d\u2019une maladie g\u00e9n\u00e9tique rare. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un partenaire de Centraide, elle vit chez elle de fa\u00e7on ind\u00e9pendante.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":498,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","tags":[92,169,65],"regions":[35],"class_list":["post-721","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bien-vieillir","tag-personnes-agees-vulnerables","tag-successful-aging","regions-ottawa"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-12 03:54:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"regions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32402,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/721\/revisions\/32402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwayeo.mydev.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}