Low Vision Archives

Low Vision: Accepting the White Cane and Use of Protective Techniques

Posted on February 1, 2023 - 9:56 am by Hecmarie Tosado Rivera

Woman using upper hand technique to find the door. Mujer usando la técnica de protección alta para encontrar la puerta.

People with low vision sometimes have trouble accepting their need to use the long white cane. Orientation and Mobility Specialists (O&Ms) are in charge of teaching skills to their students, such as the proper protection techniques, and providing them with examples of how to incorporate them when needed. After Hurricanes Fiona and Maria, Puerto Ricans […]

Glaucoma Treatment and Low Vision

Posted on January 25, 2023 - 6:14 am by Pris Rogers

As we end Glaucoma Awareness Month and begin Low Vision Awareness Month, it is important to be aware of new glaucoma treatments and the implications of glaucoma for visual functioning and daily tasks. What is Glaucoma? “Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can lead to blindness by damaging the optic nerve. The eye continuously […]

Adam Ramsey of ‘Black Eyecare Perspective’ Shares

Posted on January 19, 2023 - 9:50 am by Melissa Schenkel

Individual wearing glasses and a white lab coat with embroidered "Adam Ramsey O.D."

“I wore glasses from the age I was five, but I don’t think that made me want to be an optometrist,” says Dr. Adam Ramsey – Owner & Optometrist at Socialite Vision and Co-founder of Black Eyecare Perspective. “When I was young, I visited more than twenty eye doctors, and not one asked me if […]

Thriving With Changing Vision by Adapting Year After Year

Posted on January 11, 2023 - 8:38 am 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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