Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) gradually affects central vision in one or both eyes while leaving peripheral vision (on the sides) intact. This peripheral vision – encompassing everything you ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children had better near and distance visual acuity than adults before receiving visual aids. Optical aids were ...

Patients with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) with geographic atrophy should use low vision aids. Low vision rehabilitation programs and low vision aids are recommended for patients who have ...

For minor vision loss, simple adjustments like using brighter lights, wearing anti-glare sunglasses and using magnifiers can ...

First developed in 1983, the Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) Department offers four master’s degrees and certificate programs in Low Vision Rehabilitation (LVR), Orientation and Mobility (O&M) ...

Our outpatient rehabilitation program helps children and adults with vision impairment due to eye diseases, conditions, or brain injuries. Using optometry and occupational therapy, we focus on ...

Optometrists (healthcare providers who offer standard eye care) can diagnose wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) but can't treat it. Therapies for wet AMD are primarily led by ophthalmologists ...

These programs prepare professionals in rehabilitation, eye care, education and other related professions, to work more effectively in clinical rehabilitation and educational settings with people who ...

FARGO - When Bergen Lindahl was about 3 years old, she couldn't sit still when her mother read to her. "She was never curious about the words. She was only curious about the pictures," mom Beth says.

Utah Opera’s Blind and Visually Impaired Night includes the opportunity for guests to handle props up close. Intricate, colorful costumes and elaborate sets enliven the dramatic storylines of operas ...

Low vision specialists from across South Africa gathered in Johannesburg in August for the Low Vision Matters More conference. The event, aimed at advancing the nation’s low vision care, was the ...

Regardless of efforts taken to slow disease progression, in the absence of a curative option to either entirely halt progression or repair the damage to the retina, patients with geographic atrophy ...