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Where can I go to learn more
about vision impairment?
National Information Center on Children and Youth with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
NICHCY provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, teachers, and other professionals. NICHCY has a fact sheet about
vision impairment that includes information on topics such as
characteristics of children with vision impairment, the impact of vision
impairment on a child's education, and resources. The fact sheet is
available in both English and Spanish. NICHCY staff will also give information and referrals over the phone (800-695-0285) or by email
(nichcy@aed.org).
[In English: General
Information about Vision Impairment]
[En Español: Impedimentos
Visuales]
MEDLINEplus: Eyes and Vision; Vision Disorders and
Blindness
MEDLINEplus is an online service of the National Library of Medicine
that is designed to link users to information
on specific health topics, including eye problems and vision impairment. MEDLINEplus brings together information from many sources and is updated every day.
The site includes information
on the latest news, general overviews, anatomy and physiology, clinical trials, coping, diagnosis and symptoms,
prevention and screening, rehabilitation, research, specific conditions,
treatment, law and policy, resources, organizations, children, and
seniors. Some of the materials are in Spanish.
[In English: Eyes
and Vision Topics | Vision Disorders & Blindness]
[En Español: Ojos
y Visión | Problemas con la Visión y Ceguera]
National Eye Institute (NEI)
NEI is part of the National Institutes of Health, a government medical
research center. NEI's Web site includes information about eye
diseases and vision disorders, eye-related research projects, and a list
of U.S. government agencies that offer information about eye-related
topics. Some of the information is available in Spanish. [Go
to NEI Web site] [View
list of U.S. government sources] [Información
en Español]
NCBDDD (NCBDDD)
Publications
NCBDDD staff have written scientific papers on vision impairment.
These papers look at such topics as how common vision impairment is and what causes vision impairment in children.
You can see a list of these papers (starting in 1990) by using the keyword search on the NCBDDD
publications Web page. Choose "vision impairment" in the keyword box on the search page.
You can choose whether you want the list to be sorted by author or by date.
You can also choose to have the list appear with or without graphics.
Click on the Submit button. You will see a list of papers that are about vision impairment.
The list will include the complete reference for each paper and a link to an abstract of the paper or to the full
text, when available. [Go
to NCBDDD publications keyword search page]
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Date: October 29, 2004
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities