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Daytona attorney overcomes blindness, alcoholism to re-pass Bar exam


Four years ago, Norton moved to Daytona Beach, home of the Division of Blind Services rehabilitation center, where he learned new skills, graduated from the Daytona State College paralegal program and, at age 72 earlier this month, passed the Florida Bar exam  more than 40 years after clearing it the first time.
For Norton, life is again going swimmingly.
One day in Miami
Norton had a charmed childhood. Born in San Diego in 1949, his family moved to New York, then later Miami, following the career arc of his father, Dr. Edward Norton, an ophthalmologist who was on his way to founding the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami  today the U.S. News & World Report No. 1 rated eye hospital. ....

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Daytona Beach residential program for blind aims for July 1 reopening


Conklin Davis Center for Visually Impaired s merged mission  
Ronee David, president and CEO of the merged Conklin Davis Center, said the residential program will remain as it was, to teach people with blindness and at least one other disability skills to work and live independently. 
“We’ve been getting calls from all over Florida from parents and former clients who want to come back,” David said. “There definitely is a great need.” 
The Conklin Center’s residential program was closed in March 2020 after the state canceled its contract supplying about 60% of the organization’s funding, citing violations that “present potential to endanger the health, safety and welfare of the clients,” including operating for several months without specific required, certified staff members. The center continued providing some at-home services to clients.  ....

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Program for people with blindness, multiple disabilities in Daytona Beach plans reopening


Program for people with blindness, multiple disabilities in Daytona Beach plans reopening
Mark Harper, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Lois Butterfield, who is 64 and blind, walked and ran 2,020 miles in 2020
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A recently merged nonprofit is on track to reopen the residential program previously offered by the Conklin Center for the Blind in Daytona Beach. 
Officials at the Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired say they are working with the state Division of Blind Services to restore funding and reopen the 8-acre campus at 405 White Street by July 1. 
The Conklin Center, which had lost state funding in March 2020 because of what the state deemed violations of its contract, went on to merge last fall with the Center for the Visually Impaired, a separate Daytona Beach nonprofit with a slightly different mission. ....

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