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New Trier Extension Launches Summer Catalog
Off the water or on the water, in-person or via Zoom, New Trier Extension has many ways to expand your horizons this summer. From T’ai Chi to painting, rowing to sailing and so many classes in between there is something for everyone regardless of their age. Have a look inside our digital catalog and explore new horizons this summer. Safe and socially distant, indoors or out, let this be the summer you explore all that NTX has to offer!
Click the link below to view the catalog. If you are unable to register using the online system, email us at xtension@nths.net or leave a message for us at (847) 446-6600. We will be sure to get in touch with you and make other arrangements for registration.
After a 40-year distinguished career in nursing specializing in hospice care, Angie Lauderbach, 81, Arlington Heights, was planning to spend her later years with her grandchildren, traveling the country and giving back to her community through volunteering. That all changed three years ago following a failed corneal transplant surgery that left her legally blind.
More Visually Impaired Adults Seeking Help Staying Connected During Pandemic The new Hadley.edu includes learning modules for those with vision loss on how to use Zoom, as well as how to access special low vision features on cell phones, smart devices, and computers. Hadley
Updated 2/1/2021 10:39 AM
Access to public health information - and the accompanying safeguards put in place to protect people during the pandemic - play a crucial role in mitigating the stress of contracting the coronavirus, but those with vision loss have faced disproportionate vulnerabilities from living in extended isolation.
For the nearly 300,000 residents of Illinois with vision impairments, clinical depression and anxiety disorders resulting from living in extended isolation during COVID-19 is being reported at nearly three times the level than the general population.