Low Vision Blog

BURLINGTON, ON–(Marketwire – July 15, 2009) – The 12for12k Challenge, a social media-driven charitable effort, has partnered with Eye Care For Kids during the month of July. The purpose is to raise funds for visually impaired youth from poor and low-income families to get the treatment they need. By harnessing the power of social media […]

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – USA Judo is pleased to announce the launch of judo classes for blind and visually impaired athletes in South Florida. The program kicked off on June 20 and sessions are held from 2 – 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoons at the NFL Yet Center in conjunction with Miami Dade Parks and […]

Five-year-old Iliana is visually impaired, but when she has trouble, her preschool classmate Lulu is there to help. “I like to come with Iliana because I want to help her,” Lulu said. “I hold her hand because sometimes, sometimes she needs help.” Iliana and Lulu’s simple camaraderie, perhaps uncommon at most schools, is normal at […]

Japan is considering the introduction of noise-making devices for near-silent hybrid cars following safety fears from vision-impaired pedestrians. “Vision-impaired people feel that hybrid vehicles are dangerous”, a transport ministry official told AFP.  The top-selling hybrid vehicles run almost without any sound when they change from fuel to battery mode. The ministry of transport has brought […]

Millions of people could have their eyesight saved thanks to ground-breaking laser treatment that has the potential to eradicate the most common cause of blindness. One of Britain’s leading eye experts has developed a technique to reverse the disabling effects of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which leaves many older people unable to read, drive or […]

When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like. The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago. But a remarkable operation – which implants part of his tooth in his eye –  […]

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online this month in the journal Diabetes, a publication of the American Diabetes Association. The discovery of the compound’s function in […]

He’s a triple Paralympian and tried to climb Mount Everest, but congenitally blind Gerrard Gosens says he is facing his toughest challenge. Gosens, of Brisbane, also co-piloted an ultralight motorglider, but says that signing on for the TV show Dancing With The Stars is by far the most terrifying thing he has ever done. “Without […]

With the warm Arizona wind pelting his forehead and his entire body vibrating from the mighty roar of the engine, Roger Keeney took a brand new 2010 Ford Mustang convertible on an amazing ride, doing donuts on the pavement and amassing speeds of up to 90 mph. This would be a thrill for anybody but […]