Visually Impaired Persons Support offers assistive technology and training to remove barriers to self-sufficiency.

Telerehabilitation allows providers to deliver personalized training to improve reading ability with magnification devices, relieving patients from the burden of leaving their home for in-office ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.— Mississippi State’s National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision has released 4to24, a free app designed to help blind or visually impaired youth with ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What resources can you recommend to help seniors with vision loss? My husband, who’s 76, has macular degeneration. It has progressed to the point that he can’t do a lot of his ...

Low vision can result from loss of macular function, with loss of peripheral vision or from loss of hemi-fields of vision such as in cases with stroke. Low vision rehabilitation (LVR) is the ...

UAB Eye Care, the UAB School of Optometry's clinical arm, has expanded its low vision services in response to the expected increased demand for low vision services. The clinic is one of few in Alabama ...

The Western Michigan University Unified Clinics offer many services for individuals with low vision. Diagnostics and equipment purchases take place in the Vision Clinic while training and assistance ...

UAB Eye Care has started using a telemedicine option for optometry services. UAB is investing more into its telemedicine efforts. UAB Eye Care has implemented a new telemedicine option for low-vision ...

To expand access to low vision care in Belize, a team of Jamie Hill, OD, Class of 2009, and Ashlin Naquin, OD, Class of 2025, a UAB optometry student at the time, partnered with the Belize Council for ...

A macular degeneration diagnosis doesn’t mean you’ll lose your independence or have to give up hobbies like reading. A macular condition or low vision can be treated with magnifiers. In fact, a range ...

Q: What resources can you recommend to help seniors with vision loss? My husband, who’s 76, has macular degeneration that has progressed to the point that he can’t do a lot of his routine activities ...