Help Us Put the Sailing Vessel Shakedown Through Its Paces
We’ve launched something new, and now we need a few adventurous people willing to climb aboard and help us put it through its paces.
The S.V. Shakedown is our testing crew. You’ll get access to our new membership area and help us discover what works, what is confusing, what is inaccessible, and what we have somehow managed to overlook completely.
Explore the Resource Library. Follow links. Open doors. Push buttons, flip switches, and pull the occasional suspicious-looking lever. If you find yourself thinking, “I wonder what happens if I do this,” please do it. Then tell us what happened.
You do not need technical skills, special training, or experience testing websites. In fact, we especially want people who are not particularly comfortable with technology. If something does not make sense to you, that is exactly the kind of thing we need to know.
Come aboard, poke around, get a little lost if necessary, and help us make the S.V. Shakedown better as we continue building it.
From people Who’ve been there
Your vision is changing but reading glasses, brighter light and magnifiers don’t get the job done anymore.
Maybe things take more effort than they used to. Maybe you’ve been told your vision isn’t “that bad.” Maybe blind or visually impaired doesn’t feel like you.
You don’t need a label to start figuring out how to remain Independent.
What Do You Need Right Now?
My vision is changing, but I’m not blind.
Things are harder or different than they used to be, but words like blind or visually impaired Doesn’t Describe you. Start here and figure out what Tools, Tips and Tricks Work For you.
I want to know I’m not alone.
You want people who get it; the frustrating parts, the funny parts, and all the adapting in between. Find conversations, groups, and community with people who understand vision changes firsthand.
I need resources.
You’re looking for something practical: information, tools, strategies, services, technology, or simply the right place to start.
Coaching and Community that feels like exhaling.
VIP Coaching In The Dark is a place for people navigating vision changes, whether those changes are new, familiar, significant, subtle, or somewhere in between.
We bring together practical resources, community, lived experience, and coaching so you can find what works for your life. You don’t have to adopt a label, have everything figured out, or do it alone.
What Our Clients Are Saying About Us
“Marja saved my life at a time when no one else could have because she offered me unconditional empathy and compassion, paired tools for my low vision tool belt.”
Lindsay
Eugene, OR
“You are so kind and helpful to those of us losing our sight and at times feeling so scared and alone; they share ideas on how to navigate, Scary Moments.”
Linda
Sandy Oregon
“You have given me a sense of belonging when my sighted friends just didn’t understand me, and you taught me that blindness was not the end of my world. I know now I can live and not just exist and I have a community.”
Mana
Oregon
Not sure where to begin?
You don’t have to figure out which box you fit into.
Tell us a little about what’s changing, what you’re looking for, or what brought you here. We’ll help point you toward a resource, conversation, or place to start that makes sense for you.
