American Academy of Ophthalmology
Resources for Individuals with Visual Impairment
Macular Degeneration and Other Macula Problems
American Council of the Blind
Resources for Persons with Low Vision
Offers a wide
variety of services to visually impaired persons with emphasis on
employment opportunities.
American Foundation for the Blind
Information
and referral resource. Supports programs for independent living,
literacy, employment, and access to technology. Message boards, job
listings, bookstore, and online journals. Consultation services. Referrals
to low vision centers. Advocacy and legislation. Statistics. Searchable
online version of the
AFB Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons in the
United States and Canada. Fact sheets such as
What is Low Vision?
American Optometric Association
Low Vision fact sheets: What Causes Low Vision? Common Types of Low
Vision
The Center for Communication and Consumer Services
Aging Internet Information Notes: Low Vision and Aging
Consumer
information, statistics, government programs, assistance organizations and
sites, reports, information resources.
Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
Advocacy
group for the visually impaired. Information on low vision technology.
Offers scholarship. Publishes CCLV News.
Lighthouse International
Worldwide
resource on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. Comprehensive
list of educational and rehabilitation sources, large-print materials,
talking products, and related items. Reading and library services,
employment and recreation resources and technology centers.
Vision Resources Online - Low Vision
Low Vision Council
Works to
raise awareness of low vision rehabilitation among eye care providers, as
well as visually impaired consumers and their caregivers.
The Low Vision Gateway
Sponsored by
the Low Vision Society with support from The Low Vision Centers of Indiana
and through fees from listed doctors.
LVRGNet
World-Wide-Web interface for the Low Vision Research Group which provides
an Internet resource for researchers, clinicians, and others with an
interest in low vision.
National Association for Visually Handicapped
Clearinghouse
for information about services available to the partially-sighted.
Conducts self-help groups. Information on large print books, textbooks,
and educational tools. Quarterly newsletter and large print loan library
with over 7,000 titles. Sells a variety of optical aids for the visually
impaired.
National
Eye Institute
National Library of Medicine,
MEDLINEplus
Vision Disorders and Blindness Latest news, clinical trials, coping,
diagnosis, disease management, pictures, diagrams, prevention, treatment,
directories, law and policy, organizations, statistics. Provides easy link
to MEDLINE search for low vision articles through PubMed.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Extensive
list of links to high quality consumer health information about low vision
and blindness:
Living with Low Vision
- Low Vision Basics
- Caregiver Information
- Aids for Living with Low Vision
- Social Resources
Ophthalmology (eMedicine)
Clinical information supplied by physicians.
Evidence-based content provides current practice guidelines.
Low Vision Therapy
Many of the Web sites of organizations above have
additional resources on diagnosis-specific pages: (e.g., Macular
Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathies, Glaucoma,
Cataracts, etc.)
Internet
Resources - Cataracts/IOL
