Blindness & Low Vision
Find resources for living with blindness and low vision. All About Vision's articles contain information on strategies, assistive technology and support for yourself or a loved one.
How do people of all ages cope with low vision? These 10 strategies are the most practical and popular ways to deal with low vision.
Anchor Center for Blind Children provides services to young kids with impaired vision. Learn how the center supports children and their families.
Requesting an ADA workplace accommodation may feel intimidating, but it's often quick and easy. Learn more about your rights as an employee with a disability.
A new typeface developed by graphic designers and the Braille Institute helps improve legibility of text for low-vision readers.
Services and resources to help visually impaired veterans find the support they need to overcome challenges from blindness and low vision.
Find out what it takes to qualify for Social Security disability benefits — including SSDI and SSI — if you’re dealing with blindness or low vision.
Visually impaired computer users can benefit from specially designed low vision devices and magnifiers.
This guide covers disabled students’ rights, common obstacles and accommodations, plus top schools and scholarships for visually impaired students.
Poor eyesight or blindness are no reason to avoid traveling. Read these proven tips for planning and enjoying safe, enjoyable holidays.
Low vision is uncorrectable, but there are many ways to adjust a senior’s lifestyle to ease the inconvenience of the visual impairment.
Guide dogs can help people with visual impairment navigate the world around them. Learn how to obtain a guide dog, and more about these amazing animals.
Being legally blind can be tough, but you can help someone with low vision overcome these challenges and lead a happier, more productive life.
Learn how to use free features on your computer, laptop or phone to make the internet more accessible with impaired vision.
More than 4 million U.S. adults over 40 are blind, and the most common causes of blindness are aging-related eye conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma.
Learn what the term legal blindness means, what can cause it and what resources are available for people who are legally blind.
Magnifying glasses are indispensable whether used for improving impaired vision, for reading small print as we age, for detail-oriented hobbies or to aid professional clinicians.
Guide to low vision aids and ways to use them, including reading devices such as hand-held and video camera magnifiers.
A list of apps, organizations, schools, scholarships, products and other resources for the legally blind, as well as for their family and friends.
Where to get help if you have a visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses, contact lenses or eye surgery.
How to apply for Social Security Disability benefits if you are legally blind or visually impaired and need financial assistance.
Yellow bumps on the sidewalk play an important role for those who are visually impaired, legally blind or have low vision.
Temporary blindness and blind spots can be caused by both mild and severe underlying problems. Learn more about these unexpected vision problems.
Find out how vision loss can affect mental health. Plus, learn coping strategies and find resources to help you live independently with vision loss.
Visual impairment is often used to classify many different forms of vision loss. But it usually means vision that can’t be fully corrected with glasses or contacts.
Learn about low vision, what it means, possible causes, and the tools available to help those with low vision live a fulfilling life.
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