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Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new cases of blindness and low vision in adults aged 20-65. Retinopathy is a term that describes damage to the retina of the eye. Diabetic retinopathy is the result of high blood sugar due to diabetes. Some of the symptoms of this condition are: Managing Diabetes People with diabetes need to […]

Editor’s note: Lance Johnson’s SEE-THROUGH podcast tackles topics relevant to the blind, low vision, and disability communities. If you are blind or low vision and interested in learning how to host a podcast, read Max Ivey’s blog, Creating a Podcast When Blind or Low Vision, and article, How To Create a Podcast, on APH VisionAware. […]

Editor’s note: Originally published in TX SenseAbilities in the spring of 2022, LaQuesa Wright reflects on parenting her young adult daughter with low vision. A Mother’s Reflections on Parenting a Child with a Visual Impairment My name is LaQuesa Wright. I am a mother of three. Demetria Ober is my 22-year-old daughter who was born […]

Considering Kim Charlson, M.S., has established a distinguished career in library science, it’s hard to believe she ever wanted to do anything else. But the fact is that she began her college studies planning to become a disability rights attorney. In her last year in college, however, she began to wonder if that was the […]