Fatherâs Day is upon us and you needed some gift ideas yesterday! Hereâs a short list of really helpful downloads and gadgets for your father who has everything but perfect vision. iOS Access for All iOS Access for All by Shelly Brisbin is one of the best books youâll find on using an iPhone or iPad with the accessibility … Continued
That smartphone in your hand may be even smarter than you think. In fact, thereâs a good chance it has a screen magnifier built right in to enlarge the text and images on the screen and text-to-speech capabilities to read the text on the screen, like your emails or a webpage. Before going further, itâs worth pointing out that as smart as they are, these … Continued
Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT) Appreciation Week is observed each year the week ofâŻAnne SullivanâsâŻbirthday, on April 14, 1866. This year VRT Week will be observed the week of April 11-18, 2021. We all recognize Anne Sullivan as theâŻHome TeacherâŻwho instructedâŻHelen KellerâŻon the skills she would later use as a world renown writer and lecturer. Sullivanâs profession, … Continued
Editor’s note: VisionAware will be offering a webinar on November 30 at 3 p.m. eastern on Monitoring Your Blood Sugar and Using Insulin When You Are Visually Impaired. Also, Audrey Demmitt, RN and VisionAware peer advisor, will be writing a blog post on the topic of taking insulin. The Vision Rehabilitation Therapist and Diabetes Management … Continued
At the time the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed in 1990, I recall thinking this legislation was entirely appropriate, âthe right thing to do,â an expansion of equal rights. At the time, it was all theoretical for me. I didnât have any skin in that game to speak of. Diagnosed with Vision Loss Two … Continued
More Talking Books, please! Reading and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT) Awareness Week got me thinking about Anne Sullivan, born 154 years ago, on April 14, 1866. As one of the pioneer VRTs, what might she do if she could not meet with her clients face-to-face? She might tell them about the National Library Service (NLS) … Continued
How Myopic Degeneration Affected My Vision Twenty-five years ago, a doctor diagnosed the little spot in the center of my vision as a retinal bleed from macular degeneration. The spot could hide a stop light when looking down the road. I was 34 years old at the time, and this has since been re-diagnosed as … Continued
In the era of “Swiss army knife-esque” devices with lots of bells and whistles, smartphones have apps to do virtually any task. Itâs easy to lose sight of the value of a piece of assistive technology (AT) that is dedicated to a specific task and does it really well. As consumers, weâve also gotten lulled … Continued
Louis Braille’s birthday was January 4th, and the month of January each year is Braille Awareness Month. There have been the usual discussions and articles about the relevancy of braille in the digital age. After all, what need is there for braille, when computers and other gadgets talk to us? Would those of us who … Continued
Did you know that the leading causes of blindness among working age adults, may also be one of the most preventable eye diseases? November is Diabetes and Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. Diabetic Retinopathy, one of the eye diseases associated with diabetes, is the leading cause of blindness among working age adults, according to the … Continued