Resources and free materials for those living with low vision
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This site offers up-to-date information and free materials for people living with low vision.
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Low Vision: A Self Help Guide
An evaluation and self-guided workbook designed to help anyone in the intermediate to late stage of vision loss.
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Caring for the Visually Impaired
This publication is intended to assist all those who are unselfishly committed to caring for visually impaired individuals.
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Helpful Resources
Self-help tools and resource links to more than 1,600 low vision organizations, services and websites.
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August 27, 2019
Milk Chocolate vs. Dark Chocolate: Which Is Better?
We have known for more than a decade that chocolate is a good antioxidant and, therefore, healthy for the eyes. A 2003 study by scientists at Cornell University in New York and Seoul National University in Korea showed that cocoa has almost twice the antioxidant power of wine, 2-3 times that of green tea, and […]
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August 20, 2019
New Sustained Release Drug Enters Trials
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Aerie), has begun patient dosing in their first human clinical trial of a sustained release implant in patients with wet macular degeneration or diabetic macular edema. The polymer implant provides controlled release of AR-13503, an injectable drug that inhibits blood vessel growth in the retina, while potentially reducing the treatment burden associated […]
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August 13, 2019
What Causes Foveal Sparing?
People who have progressed to central vision loss from any one of a number of retinal dystrophies have probably noticed a tiny spot of healthier sight in the very center of the macula (the fovea). Over time, the fovea becomes surrounded by a growing band of blindness, first appearing as individual spots, then coalescing to […]