ABVI's Professional Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Certified Low Vision Therapists, Occupational Therapist, and Licensed Social Workers are here to help. Approximately 88% of people classified as legally blind have some useful vision but have low vision. Although medication, surgery, or conventional eyeglasses may help, they do not fully restore one's vision.
Low vision is determined by acuity, the amount of detail an individual sees, or by visual field, the area in which an individual can see objects. Loss of vision causes stress for both patient and their loved ones. Feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression are not unusual. Our social workers provide compassionate counseling to help you overcome these challenges.
Low vision is determined by acuity, the amount of detail an individual sees, or by visual field, the area in which an individual can see objects. Loss of vision causes stress for both patient and their loved ones. Feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression are not unusual. Our social workers provide compassionate counseling to help you overcome these challenges.
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Vision Loss can be a traumatic experience. This is especially true if you have just begun to lose your vision (Low Vision). Having Low Vision means that even with regular glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, you find everyday tasks difficult to do. Reading the mail, shopping, cooking, and writing can all seem challenging.
Your gift will support a mother, father, daughter or son struggling with vision loss to learn new skills that help them. Do you shop on Amazon? If so, you can use AmazonSmile to help raise funds for ABVI. Then a percentage of all your purchases through Amazon will be donated back to our organization.
Computer aids and other technologies, such as a closed-circuit television, which uses a camera and television to enlarge printed text. We encourage you to view the Visions Aids Catalog. Orders can be placed by phone, fax, mail (braille or print), or email. For the complete ordering process refer to the How to Order section in our Vision Aids Catalog.
Loss of vision causes stress for both the patient and their loved ones. Feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression are not unusual. Our social workers provide compassionate counseling to help you overcome these challenges. Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired Masters Level Social Workers help people express feelings, adjust to vision loss and make plans for the future.
ABVI Low Vision Rehabilitation Therapists teach clients with blindness or visual impairments and their families how to perform daily tasks that have become difficult because of vision loss. Adaptive equipment may be used or an alternate method to perform the task may be taught. Common areas of instruction are meal preparation, check writing, using a computer, medication identification and practical use of magnifiers.
