Adjusting to Blindness /Low Vision

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Learn about services for maintaining your independence, using your remaining senses, tips for combined hearing and vision changes, and helping others understand your vision changes.

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Learn to Use Your Remaining Senses

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Losing Your Vision Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing Your Confidence Throughout your life, your vision has likely been your primary sense. Some researchers estimate that the sense of sight provides approximately 80% of all the information we receive about the world. You’ve probably been using your vision unconsciously, […]

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Help Others Understand Your Vision Problems

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)My family wants to help me, but they’re doing too much! When deciding what kinds of help and support you need, it’s helpful to begin by listing the day-to-day difficulties you’re having. Make a note of which problems are—and are not—related to your vision changes: Be sure to […]

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Living with Combined Hearing and Vision Loss

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Provided by the Helen Keller National Center Hearing loss can increase with age, which can be especially difficult for those experiencing combined hearing and vision loss. Fortunately, you can take steps to remain fully engaged in the world around you. To Enhance Communication via Speech: Ask Others to: […]

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Roadmap to Living with Vision Loss: What Kinds of Services Will You Need to Maintain Independence?

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)If you have experienced losing sight due to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, or another eye condition, many services and devices can help you continue to live independently in your home and community. Vision rehabilitation services can help you regain self-sufficiency, improve your quality of life, and help you […]

Self Advocacy

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Learn about your rights and methods for communicating your needs to others.

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Support Groups

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Learn tips and strategies for starting a support group and discover their role in your adjustment process.

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Information for Blind or Low Vision Veterans

This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)By Gregory L. Goodrich, Ph.D. Blindness/ low vision due to brain injury undoubtedly dates back to the earliest history of our species. One can easily picture a fight between two early homo sapiens, with one hitting the other on the head with a rock or club. If the […]