Marie-Claire Bilyk works in peer support for CNIB in London, Ontario. Bilyk says she’s heard from a number of CNIB clients who want the province to update its assistive devices program. When Marie Claire Bilyk drops an earring and can’t find it, she reaches for her smart phone.
Bilyk, who has vision loss, uses the app Be My Eyes to connect over video chat with a sighted volunteer somewhere else in the world.
“I’ll have someone in Malaysia telling me it’s over in the corner,” said Bilyk, who works in peer support for the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Ontario. “It’s very cool.”