First developed in 1983, the Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) Department offers four master’s degrees and certificate programs in Low Vision Rehabilitation (LVR), Orientation and Mobility (O&M) ...

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 Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation at UAB is a practice oriented certificate degree program that prepares occupational therapists to provide comprehensive, competent intervention to ...

For individuals navigating life with vision impairments, Ensight Skills Center and Curtis Strong Center provide a beacon of hope and independence. As Colorado’s only fully comprehensive low-vision ...

If you have vision loss, you may find it harder to do certain activities or tasks. These resources can help you maintain your independence. Over 50 million adults in the United States are living with ...

Denny Moyer and Melody Bettenhausen promoting Ensight and Curtis Strong Center for Colorado Gives Day Colorado residents facing low vision don’t have to navigate the journey alone. At the Ensight ...

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 ...

Patients with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) with geographic atrophy should use low vision aids. Low vision rehabilitation programs and low vision aids are recommended for patients who have ...

A macular degeneration diagnosis doesn’t mean you’ll lose your independence or have to give up hobbies like reading. A macular condition or low vision can be treated with magnifiers. In fact, a range ...

Good accuracy for recognizing common objects, mixed results by object size, colors, text, ...

When we lose someone we love, the emotional reaction is intense. We are sad, numb and, sometimes, even resentful that we should have to suffer the loss. At times, this normal grief becomes something ...

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...