Low Vision Archives

Big Data Project Provides Critical Information About Prevalence of Vision Loss Among Older People

Posted on May 20, 2023 - 6:22 am by Pris Rogers

Editor’s note: This post is the last in our series for Older Americans Month. It represents a call to action to increase the availability of vision rehabilitation services for older people in this country. For years, the vision rehabilitation field has been talking about the tsunami of older people with vision loss coming our way. […]

Applying Contrast to Your Everyday Routines

Posted on April 10, 2023 - 12:50 pm by Katie Frederick

bathroom graphic showing contrasting shower curtain, bathtowels, bath mats, shampoo and conditioner, grab bar

Join us in welcoming Kristen Shifflett, OTR/L, CLVT, SCLV Occupational Therapist at Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, for a webinar on “Getting More Contrast Out of Life: Applying Contrast to Everyday Routines.” Kristen will explain how to measure contrast sensitivity in a clinical evaluation and identify contrast sensitivity solutions in the […]

Embracing Holland (The Unfamiliar Territory of Blindness/Low Vision)

Posted on April 5, 2023 - 7:29 am by Alison Nenon

Family with two small children with fair skin and hair sit on bench and smile

On March 5, 2019, my son Russ shocked the delivery room with a full head of bright white hair. The nurses called it “rockstar” hair! He was the cutest little dude, with folks all over the hospital stopping by to see “the baby with the white hair” that all of us blonde ladies pay the […]

Teaching Environments for a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT) Who is Blind/ Low Vision

Posted on April 4, 2023 - 12:20 am by Alexis Read

Table with six stations for a group lesson, each with a raised cookie sheet, butter knife, and a filled paper cup. Celery and peanut butter are at the center of the table.

Editor’s note: Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Appreciation Week is observed annually over Anne Sullivan’s birthday, April 14th. Are you interested in learning more about vision rehabilitation therapy (VRT) as a possible career? Visit Get Learning – AER (aerbvi.org) to read about the roles and responsibilities and Directory of University Professional Programs in the U.S. and Canada […]

Thriving With Changing Vision by Adapting Year After Year

Posted on January 11, 2023 - 2:16 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

Zelda Gebhard doesn’t identify as a person with low vision because she’s so much more than that. “I’m a whole person,” she says. “Along with my career, I’m a wife, mother, and grandmother. I have a full life with interests and hobbies. I’m not that much different than a person who doesn’t have vision loss. […]

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