Basic Information about Low Vision

• The Low Vision Gateway: Access great resources for vision loss, vision impairment, blindness, low vision aids, and low vision rehabilitation services.
• The Low Vision Center: See how this nonprofit organization helps people with low vision live independent lives.
• Low Vision Friends: Connect with other people affected by low vision.
• Vision Aware: Get self-help tips for vision loss. This site provides free, practical, hands-on information to enhance quality of life and independence for adults with vision loss, their families and friends, caregivers, and related professionals.
• Research to Prevent Blindness: Stay apprised of the latest eye research and discoveries.
• Low Vision Overview from eyecareAmerica: Learn about the different kinds of vision and the various diseases that can attack specific types of vision. See what steps you can take to make living with low vision easier.
• The Macular Degeneration Partnership: Learn all about AMD, how to live with this degenerative disease, and the research being done to combat it.

Useful Advice for the Visually Challenged

• Household Organization Tips for Every Area of the Home: Organize your house to make it low-vision accessible.
• Ears for Eyes Program: Get free audio cassette lesson tapes that teach adaptive daily living skills to the vision impaired and their caregivers.
• Adapting To Reduced Vision from Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Learn how to cope with life when you have reduced vision.
• Online Lessons on Living Better at Home: Watch videos and read articles about how to make your living environment more accessible.
• How to Find a Dropped Object: Explore the best methods for finding a dropped object.
• Assistive Technology for Low Vision: Discover assistive technology for people with low vision and listen to four people explain their success with the technology.
• Tips for Better Vision by WebMD: Get quick and easy tips for improving your vision.
• How to Cope with Sight Loss: Watch a video about how to cope with sight loss, and about how, with the right help and understanding, blind people can do almost anything.
• Low Vision Simulation: Buy products that will help your friends and family simulate what it’s like to live with low vision.
• Low Vision Online: View an online simulation of low vision.
• Atomic Learning: Read a variety of tutorials on hardware and software assistive devices.
• Fred’s Head Companion: Get tips, techniques, tutorials, in-depth articles, and resources for and by blind or visually impaired people.
• What’s New in Low Vision: Find the latest information about technologies, treatments, and research dealing with low vision.

Support Resources

• NC Division of Services for the Blind: Use these resources to reach your goals of being independent and finding employment. Located at The Governor Morehead School for the Blind.
• North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (NCATP): Check out the largest source in NC for AT demos and trial loans. Get training in the use of assistive technology.
• North Carolina State Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled: Visit a library that caters to your low-vision needs.
• Foundation for Fighting Blindness: Stay up-to-date on the latest news and events surrounding low vision.
• Arts Access: Use assistive technologies and programs to access art exhibits and events in the Raleigh/Durham area.
• Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind: Get computer training, reading assistance, and assistive technology training and attend health and wellness programs.
• The Hadley School for the Blind: Provides mail-order and online training.

Low Vision Blogs and User Groups

• Access Watch Blog: Keep up to date with what is going on at AccessWatch and throughout the blind community.
• Gordon's D-Zone: Follow along as Gordon expresses how he views the world as a visually impaired person.
• Marco's Accessibility Blog: Learn about the latest Firefox features and releases as they relate to Web site accessibility for people with low vision.
• Blind Confidential: Read an entertaining account of news, politics, technology and other issues that involve people with vision impairment.
• Universally Designed: Get access to and opinions about the latest accessible information technology.
• Low Vision Aids Blog: Learn about low vision products. The bloggers research and test various low vision aids and then give informative and extensive reviews of the products.
• The Talking Books Librarian: Find out what’s happening in the world of libraries and talking books.
• Serotek Blog: Stay up to date on all the new solutions and products that Serotek is working on to make accessibility a reality for people with low vision.
• Discovering Assistive Technology: Participate in an interactive learning program by the California School Library Association 2.0 Team to educate you on the new and emerging technologies that make access to the Web easier for visually impaired people.
• Blind Geek Zone: Listen to many audio tutorials and demonstrations of a variety of different programs and devices used everyday by people in the blind community.  Interact with other users and authors to share your experiences and advice and learn from them as well.

Learn more about resources available for people with low vision:

• Proper Nutrition and Eye Care
• Low Vision Magazines and Newsletters
• Financial Aid for Assistive Technologies
• Transportation Options for People with Low Vision
• Low Vision Assistive Devices