The Advocate

Here are 20 activities to keep the visual impaired and those with dementia feel connected

What are some activities for the visually impaired? Managing everyday tasks is more challenging for those who are visually impaired and who also have dementia. Affected individuals with vision ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Beach Presents on Physical Activity and Sport for Individuals with Visual Impairment or Deafblindness

Pamela Beach, associate dean in the College of Health Sciences and Technology, co- presented “Physical Activity and Sport for Individuals with Visual Impairment or Deafblindness” at the International ...
Healio

Home lighting may affect activity level in older adults with visual impairment

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers reported an association between better home lighting and greater activity metrics. There was no ...
MedPage Today

Visual Impairment in Preschoolers: Widespread and Expected to Grow

—Easily corrected visual impairment affects over 174,000 preschool-age children in the US, a number expected to grow by over 25% by 2060. Reviewed by Sarju Patel, MD, MPH, MSc, Director of Uveitis and ...
Nature

Transition from paediatric to adult ophthalmology services: what matters most to young people with visual impairment

To identify the views and experiences and thus the transition-related needs of young people with visual impairment (VI), so as to inform future practice and policies. Qualitative study of 17 young ...
unr.edu

Cortical Visual Impairment

What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...