Sean Ogletree reads the day's mail to Gregory Matheney, who was born with blindness, at his home in North College Hill on Friday, June 5. Ogletree has been a case manager at Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually-Impaired for three years. "I want these people to trust me like I’m their family, and in a lot of ways I am" Ogletree said.

Sean Ogletree is a case worker at Clovernook, Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Ogletree leads Matheney through a local grocery store on Friday, June 5. Ogletree says by working with people who have blindness, he gets a different perspective. "A lot of blind people have taught me how to see in a different way because they like they trust you. And they’re not looking at your outside" Ogletree said.

During a trip to the local grocery store on Friday, June 4. Sean Ogletree listens intently to his client Matheney. “He enjoys communicating with me, like I don’t shut him down,” Ogletree said, “If he wants to say so he can feel free that I’m going to listen to him without judgment.” 

Ogletree loads up Matheney's groceries before taking him home from a local grocery store on Friday, June 5.

Ogletree helps Vicki Teachout put on a mask at Samuel W. Bell Home for the Slightless on Friday, June 5. Ogletree says COVID-19 has made life more difficult for people with blindness, especially when it comes to helping them go to the doctor, since patients must arrive alone. "I’ve actually had really important appointments canceled because they didn’t have a policy in place yet,” Ogletree said. 

Sean Ogletree reads the day's mail to Vicki Ogletree at Samuel L. Bell Home for the Sightless on Friday, June 5.

Sean Ogletree guides Vicki Teachout out the door after her a hair appointment on Friday, June 5. Ogletree helps many people with blindness in the Cincinnati area. “If somebody has needs, I just try to be there to help them,” Ogletree said.