Everbright is an interactive light wall with knobs that change color when turned. Library users with visual impairments face a number of barriers to access. Adaptive technology has leapt forward in ...

Audio tools, mobile apps, and vision magnifiers can help people with vision loss navigate their lives. Tools and tech options may help read prescription labels, get the news online, or find out what’s ...

If you have geographic atrophy (GA), what likely started out as tiny specks in your central vision may have grown to noticeable blind spots in both eyes that make it difficult to see directly in front ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Visually impaired adults may benefit from training in using a magnifier for prolonged reading, ...

If you have advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), you may have some challenges in living independently. But there are tools to make life with low vision from AMD easier. Today, assistive ...

What if you couldn't use your vision to tell sugar from salt when cooking? Or set the correct oven temperature? Or read a recipe at home or a menu in a restaurant? These are just a few of the everyday ...

The terms low vision or visual impairment cover a lot of territory. We use them interchangeably to describe poor vision your doctor cannot fix with standard eyeglasses, contacts, medication, or ...

In order to gauge interest in a desktop low-vision magnifier, the Plattsmouth Public Library has a Topaz EZ with a 20” screen on temporary loan from NanoPac. It’s designed to help people with low ...

The Bellville Lions Club has donated a low-vision magnifier to the Bellville branch of the Mansfield-Richland County Public Library. On Monday, Joshua Andra, Bellville library manager, thanked the ...

Regardless of efforts taken to slow disease progression, in the absence of a curative option to either entirely halt progression or repair the damage to the retina, patients with geographic atrophy ...

Low vision is significant sight loss not fully correctable by standard treatments It differs from blindness as some usable vision remains for daily activities Causes include macular degeneration, ...