Visitors to Living Well with Low Vision will now be able to purchase low vision aids and products through Enablemart.com, a premier provider of products for people with low vision. Enablemart will donate 5% of every purchase made through lowvision.preventblindness.org to Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest voluntary eye health organization. (click the banner to visit […]
New research may be misconstrued by Dan Roberts A recent press release from the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found that tiny spherules of calcium phosphate known as hydroxyapatite, or HAP) may be an important “triggering factor” for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The report appeared in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
Simulating blindness can have negative effects on people’s perceptions of the visually impaired. According to a study done at the University of Colorado, techniques such as dining in the dark and wearing a blindfold around the house may not be as helpful to others, as believed. For an insightful discussion of this issue, read Simulated […]