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Older Driver Safety Awareness Week 2023

Posted on December 6, 2023 - 10:01 am by Madison White

Older adult driving with an older passenger

Thanks to our partners at the Clearinghouse for Older Road User Safety (ChORUS), we are sharing this piece about Older Driver Safety Awareness Week. During the holiday season and throughout the year, we all want those in our community to be safe. Help us get the word out for Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (ODSAW). […]

From Awareness to Action: Preventing Falls

Posted on September 13, 2023 - 5:41 am by VisionAware Peers

Editor’s Note: Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 18-22 this year. The theme is “From Awareness to Action,” as reflected in the title of this post. Former peer advisor Mary Hiland, and current peer advisor, Empish Thomas reflect on avoidable accidents and tips for preventing falls. Preventing Falls and Accidents by Mary Hiland, former VisionAware […]

Transportation— A Critical Need for Older People who are Blind or Low Vision

Posted on April 26, 2023 - 10:04 am by Pris Rogers

Person boarding paratransit bus using white cane

Editor’s note: This post is another in our series related to Older Americans Month. Transportation remains an ongoing problem for people who are blind or low vision people, and this post lays out some of the efforts underway to increase accessibility. Guidance Documents on Making Transportation More Accessible Recently, Neva Fairchild, National Aging and Vision […]

Orientation & Mobility: Helping People who are Blind or Low Vision Lead Their Best Lives

Posted on October 26, 2022 - 1:22 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Orientation & Mobility (O&M) training is essential so people who are blind or low vision can move through life independently at every age. O&M specialists are trained to help people “know where they are in space and get where they want to go safely,” says Kassandra Maloney, an O&M specialist and founder of Allied Independence, […]

What’s in a Tip? A Cane Tip that is…

Posted on October 13, 2022 - 4:01 pm by Mindy Koehne

Individual Using White Cane on a crosswalk.

Editor’s note: Have you ever wondered what the best cane tip is for an individual who is blind or low vision? The optimal tip for a long white cane depends on the environment in which it will be utilized (for example, a rough or smooth terrain), the cane technique one will utilize (for example, two-point […]

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