Living With Low Vision

The Boston Marathon can be a true test of one’s physicality, and Tim Sullivan is ready to give it his all, raising awareness for the visually impaired. After months of preparation and training, he is gearing up to run with others in this annual event. Tim is blind, so the Boston marathon will be extra […]

Living with low vision entails numerous challenges, particularly for visually impaired professionals who rely on assistive technology to make it through the work day. One such professional, Tiffany Bowman, is a teacher at Boca Raton’s Somerset Academy. She’s legally blind, and uses what’s called a desktop CCTV, or closed circuit television. These electronic devices are […]

Although professional Australian bowler Justin Bettes is blind, he’s in South Korea, close to winning the world championships for the visually impaired. Currently, Justin is second place for blind tenpin bowling, and his enthusiasm as inspiring others with low vision to get in the game. We’re all wondering, how does he do it? Although he […]

Books can be powerful; whether fiction or fact, there’s nothing like a good story. Getting lost in an exciting book that peaks our interests can make for a great escape, even if just for an hour or two. It used to be that folks living with low vision or blindness couldn’t read books… but that’s […]

Living with Diabetes is a growing concern for doctors and patients of all ages, as the number of Americans suffering with Diabetes continue to rise. It’s a disease that affects a long list of the body’s various organs, including our eyes. As Diabetes progresses, visual impairments can occur as a result of Diabetic Retinopathy, which […]

Recently I joined a new low vision support group. I knew no one in the group of 200 women. They did not know me either and only the person who invited me knew that I had a visual impairment. Since my format would need to be adjusted so that I could participate, she told the […]

Positive results from a Phase II advanced dry macular degeneration study has opened doors to a Phase III clinical trial  involving more than 900 patients in 20 countries.  The study will run for two years. The drug Lampalizumab “slowed progression of dry, aged related macular degeneration in patients with advanced disease, shrinking the area of […]

As an avid iPad user the Siri feature has become a normal part of its use. I like her available and uplifting voice as she asks me questions and answers my queries. She makes me laugh with her boldness as she tells me “Off to the clouds”. Then after I had gotten used to her […]

In a recent blog by ophthalmologist and low vision specialist,  Lylas Mogk, MD., she reports that “about 30% of people with vision loss experience Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) for a year or two, in which they see clear, colorful images of people, animals, flowers or buildings, for example, that aren’t really there. The person seeing […]

There has been lots of activity in the research world using embryonic and adult stem cells to treat not only macular degeneration, but other eye diseases as well, such as Stargardts macular dystrophy, optic nerve disease and glaucoma.   These early Phase I clinical trials enroll very small numbers of patients, leaving the rest of the […]