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About Wendy Mons, owner and founder of Mons International, Inc.: Wendy Mons, President wmons@magnifiers.com · Contracted with Emory Department of Ophthalmology to set up the Emory Low Vision Clinic (1991-94). · Conducts 20 low vision clinics with local optometrists and/or ophthalmologists around Georgia. Of the patients seen in these clinics, 80% are funded either through a contract with the Department of Labor/Rehabilitation or through the federal grant described below. The remaining 20% are private. · Opened Mons Special Eyewear, a store for the blind and visually impaired at the request of visually impaired Georgians, their teachers, parents and counselors in 1988. It operated until 1992. · Worked at the Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta for 3 ½ years as a low vision specialist and temporary Director of Low Vision Services (1983-86). · Worked as a teacher’s assistant while studying for a Masters of Education degree at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. · Set up low vision clinics in Israel and founded a Braille newspaper there. · Worked overseas 9 years in rehabilitation for the blind and visually impaired. · Earned a degree in Special Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired at the University of Texas in 1971. MONS BUSINESS BIO · Founded and subsidizes the non-profit organization Visually Impaired Foundation of Georgia to coordinate existing services for the visually impaired in Georgia. The website www.vifga.org posts events, services, and vendors. The toll-free number is 877-77-VIFGA (877-778-4342). · Helps fund and facilitate low vision support groups. · Awarded two five-year grants to work with older VI clients in 1999-2004 and 1994-99. Provides a low vision exam, mobility training, rehabilitation in the home, and selected low vision products. Will soon provide computer training as well. · Offers free low vision workshops at libraries, schools, senior centers, universities, doctors’ offices, Department of Labor area hubs, Lions Clubs and local organizations. |