VisionAWARE Self-Help for Vision Loss

Welcome to VisionAWARE, a "Self-Help for Vision Loss" web site that provides free, practical, hands-on information to enhance quality of life and independence for adults with vision loss, their families and friends, caregivers, and related professionals.

Wishing you and your family a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2009! ~ Anne Yeadon, Executive Director

Information for Family, Friends, and Caregivers

Don't let vision loss keep you in the dark. Become AWARE...

You’ve found yourself in a situation where you’re not quite sure what to do. One of your family members — your son or daughter, husband or wife, or elderly mother or father — is experiencing loss of vision. AWARE can help you.

Dialog in the Dark

Immersion Gallery The Dialog exhibition uses blind and visually impaired guides to lead small groups of visitors through a series of darkened galleries that replicate everyday experiences. Without familiar sight clues, visitors learn to “see” in a completely new and different way by using their non-visual senses. Read more …

An Introduction to Orientation and Mobility

Dona Sauerburger Learn about safe, efficient, and effective travel skills for people who are blind or have low vision. Dona Sauerburger, M.A., COMS®, an experienced Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Read more about...

 

"My Story" Interviews with People Who are Living with Vision Loss

Fred Olver's book Dealing with Vision Loss“There’s so much left for me to do …” tells the story of Fred Olver, an author, rehabilitation specialist, and backyard barbecue enthusiast who became blind as a result of his premature birth.

Read other "My Stories" and learn how others are coping with diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, blindness, and other vision problems.

Cataracts and Cataract Surgery

Tina D. Turner, M.D. Read All About Cataracts in language you can understand from Tina D. Turner, M.D. Learn more about

Macular Degeneration

Dr. Lylas Mogk, expert on macular degenerationLearn about macular degeneration in easy-to-understand language from Lylas G. Mogk, M.D. Read more about...

This Week’s Hint:

Celebrate the New Year by cleaning out your crowded closets and organizing that ever-present junk drawer! Hints for Household Organization can help you eliminate clutter, organize your kitchen, and simplify your work areas.

betsy – April 11, 2007 – 20:28