Tips for Runners with Visual Impairments
If you're a runner, or would like to be, and you're visually impaired, you'll probably want to run with a guide. There are two common ways this is done, depending on your vision, the kind of area you're running in, and what you're comfortable ... [... more]
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Common Causes of Vision Impairment
Learn more about low vision and check out a vision simulation video on macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy. Low vision affects more than 6.5 million Americans aged 65 and older. If you have been told by an eye care ... [... more]
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What is Braille?
Braille is a series of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or whose eyesight is not sufficient for reading printed material. Teachers, parents, and others who are not visually impaired ordinarily read braille ... [... more]
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Find Services:
Home > Find Services Description of Services Directory Online Center Narrow Your Search Subscriber Version AccessWorld® [... more]
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Living with Low Vision - American Foundation for the Blind
Low vision is a complex area within the field of visual impairments. Individuals with low vision can have very different amounts of vision and ways of seeing. The purpose of the following information is to help teachers better understand the area ... [... more]
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Cell Phone Accessibility
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a U.S. nonprofit organization enabling blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access. Provides information and referrals about living with visual impairment. Helen Keller devoted over 40 ... [... more]
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Web Accessibility
Some might say that the World Wide Web is the best thing that ever happened to people who are blind or visually impaired. We read newspapers on the day they're published, order groceries and know the prices before we check out, and find out what ... [... more]
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Resources and Information for Parents About Braille
The following are resources that teach the braille code. Please contact individual organizations and companies for detailed information and/or prices. Each of these resources offers valuable information about braille literacy. For these and other ... [... more]
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What Does AFB Do?
A new web site for parents of children with visual impairments AFB Survey Finds Drug Labeling Puts People with Vision Loss at Serious Medical Risk AFB Celebrates the Bicentennial of the Birth of Louis Braille Check out the Agenda for AFB's 2009 ... [... more]
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Statistical Snapshots
Statistical Snapshots is your one-stop source for statistical facts, figures, and resources about Americans with vision loss. Relying upon the most recently available data, this regularly updated site is always evolving and should answer your ... [... more]
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Glossary of Eye Conditions
Knowing the right terms is extremely helpful when talking to medical professionals. Use AFB's Glossary of Eye Conditions to better understand vision loss. Rare, inherited vision disorder in which a person has little or no ability to see color. ... [... more]
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State Libraries for Persons with Print Disabilities
Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped District of Columbia Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Georgia Regional Library for the Blind ... [... more]
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