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Alan Schneider recounts blindness diagnosis as he seeks reappointment to Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Summary
Alan Schneider, current chair of the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, spoke to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee about his experience with vision loss and his decade on the board; the committee will vote on the gubernatorial reappointment at a later meeting.
Alan Schneider, chair of the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that services from the commission transformed his life after he developed an eye disease.
Schneider, a retired high school English teacher who said he has served on the commission for about 10 years, described seeking help after he “chickened out” and avoided a family trip because he found it difficult to be…
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