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Aging and Your Eyes  External Link

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Age can bring changes that affect your eyesight. But regular eye exams can help. With early detection, many eye problems can be treated and your risk of vision loss reduced. ... Details >

National Institute on Aging Information Center

Do You Have Low Vision? Take This Quiz and Find Out

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Taking this online quiz could help you recognize early warning signs of eye disease and make a decision to see your eye care professional as soon as possible for a diagnosis.... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind  External Link

Also available in: Spanish   External Link

This fact sheet provides parents with ways to interact with their children and offers practical suggestions for giving children consistent sensory cues. The fact sheet suggests ways parents can recogn... Details >

National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness  External Link

Low Vision

Also available in: Spanish 

Low vision means that even with regular glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, people find everyday tasks difficult to do. Reading the mail, shopping, cooking, seeing the TV, and writing can s... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Low Vision FAQs

Also available in: Spanish 

This page answers three frequently asked questions about low vision: (1) "What is low vision?"; (2) "What causes low vision?"; and (3) "How many people have low vision?"... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Visual Impairments in Children  External Link

Also available in: Spanish   External Link

This fact sheet defines a range of visual impairments including the diagnosis of partially sited, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind. The incidence, characteristics, and educational implicat... Details >

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education  External Link

What You Should Know About Low Vision

Also available in: Spanish 

This booklet provides information about low vision and the resources that are available to help people with low vision live more safely and independently. Also available in Spanish.... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

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