Educational

When vision loss starts to interfere with one’s ability to see numbers on clocks, watches, microwaves, calculators, and more you may not need a magnifier, you may just need to switch to devices that talk. My father-in-law who has wet macular degeneration used to do most of the maintenance on his car. One of the […]

One of my favorite books on macular degeneration is The First Year: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Dan Roberts. As someone who has lived with macular degeneration for almost 20 years, he provides education and practical advice, not just about treating macular degeneration but about living with it as […]

Dick Barbuto When a person suffers from a disability/impairment/issue (or whatever the correct term is these days) there is a tendency to feel that all must somehow accommodate you. After all, you’re the one with the disability, right? Wrong. Having a disability means that you must also take the time and extend the effort to […]

Those of us with low vision or blindness collect information about our environment differently than sighted people.  That stands to reason when you consider that we have one less sense to rely on. I often hear that people without vision or who have low vision have their other senses enhanced.  Let me put that to […]

Wouldn’t it be great to know what environmental factors or what genes contributed to the development of age related macular degeneration (AMD)? My husband and I are helping to find the answers to these questions by being participants in the Genetics of Age-Related Maculopathy (GARM II) study at Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University […]

As a registered nurse who loves to educate others on health and wellness, it is so refreshing to find physicians who are interested in disease prevention. Several ophthalmologists have written books on nutrition and/or macular degeneration. They are Dr. Stephen Pratt, the author of Superfoods RX, Dr. Michael A. Samuel, the author of Macular Degeneration: […]

Solutions in Sight is a public education program of the Braille Institute whose mission is to eliminate barriers to a fulfilling life caused by blindness and low vision. They provide hope and encouragement for the blind and visually impaired through educational, social and recreation programs and services. Volunteers, supporters and anyone interested in vision-related topics […]

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Eccentric Viewing by Dan Roberts September 2005 Reviewed by Jennifer Galbraith, O.D. For an audio version of this article, click here. Eccentric viewing is a technique used by people with central vision loss. Also called Preferred Retinal Loci (PRL), it is a method by which the person looks slightly away from the subject in order […]

Few kids are overjoyed at doing their math homework, but 10-year-old Mathew Hymel attacked his with enthusiasm last week.