DEARBORN — Rabih Dow, Director of Rehabilitation Services and International Training and Fencing Coach at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts will receive the Excellence and Great Achievements Award for his work in rehabilitation and disability from the Lebanese American Heritage Club. 

“Although I lost my eye-sight completely in 1982, my visual memory remains vivid,” Dow said. “What has occupied my art exploration since 1992, is how to visually communicate what I “see”/experience now as a person who is blind.

He will be honored during the LAHC 25th Annual Award Gala which is scheduled to take place on Thursday May 16th, 2013 at the Henry Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. 

Dow was born in Lebanon. He lost his 15-year-old brother, his eyesight and left hand at age sixteen in an explosion in 1982 during the Lebanese war. The search for medical treatment sent him to Europe and later to the United States where he has resided since.

He has been serving in his capacity at the Carroll Center for the blind for the past 16 years and remains committed. Rabih has presented at universities and professional conferences nationally and internationally on the issue of Disability and Rehabilitation. 

“Although I lost my eyesight completely in 1982, my visual memory remains vivid,” Dow said. “What has occupied my art exploration since 1992, is how to visually communicate what I “see”/experience now as a person who is blind. I have worked at a rehabilitation center for newly blinded adults for over fifteen years and been privileged to observe many men and women trying to comprehend and learn to cope with traumatic losses including blindness.” For sponsorship opportunities call 313.846.8480 or email info@lahc.org.