Accessible Adventure: Lifestyle Activities for Adults with Vision Loss Staying active and engaged is essential to maintaining a healthy and balanced life. This is especially true for the millions of American adults who live with blindness and low vision. Thanks…
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Cortical Visual Impairment: Understanding Neurological Vision Loss
Cortical Visual Impairment: Understanding Neurological Vision Loss What is Cortical Visual Impairment? Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), also called Cerebral Visual Impairment is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in infants and children in the US and other developed…
Empowered Finances, Banking, and Technology for People Living with Vision Loss
Empowered Finances, Banking, and Technology for People Living with Vision Loss Keeping current on finances and technology is a 21st-century challenge we all face with varying degrees of success. For adults living with blindness or low vision, the challenge can…
Vital Employment Services: Your Path to Independence
Vital Employment Services: Your Path to Independence Most of us spend at least one-third of our time at work. Because of this, our job does more than pay the bills—it challenges, shapes, and helps define us throughout our lives. For…
Accessible Kitchen & Meal Preparation: Independent Cooking for People with Vision Loss
Accessible Kitchen & Meal Preparation: Independent Cooking for People with Vision Loss The kitchen is the heart of nearly every American home, where we gather to visit, plan, prepare, and share meals. For people living with blindness or low vision,…
Thyroid Eye Disease: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
Thyroid Eye Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments What is Thyroid Eye Disease? Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an autoimmune disorder that is also known as Graves’ eye disease, Graves’ orbitopathy, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO), or thyroid orbitopathy. Doctors…
Dog Guides: A Partner for Independence
Dog Guides: A Partner for Independence What Makes a Dog Guide Unique? Dog guides assist individuals who are legally blind in traveling safely, confidently, and independently. Legally blind is defined as vision of 20/200 or less in your best eye,…
Dry Eye: Causes, Symptoms, and Your Path to Relief
Dry Eye: Causes, Symptoms, and Your Path to Relief Dry eye is a common, uncomfortable, and sometimes debilitating condition caused by insufficient tear production or tears of inferior quality. Dry eye affects people of all ages, and there are two…
Low Vision Aids
Low Vision Aids What is low vision? If you are living with low vision, you may have increased difficulty with daily activities and a reduced feeling of safety, confidence, and independence. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “Low vision…
Strabismus
Strabismus What is Strabismus? Strabismus is a common and treatable eye condition in which one or both eyes are misaligned, often causing double vision, loss of depth perception, and other issues. Although Strabismus can occur at any age, it’s most…