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Get Your Vision Checked: Quick Guide to Healthy Living

If you are age 65 or older, have your eyes checked every 1–2 years. People with diabetes should have their eyes checked more often.... Details >

National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

About Low Vision  External Link

This site provides information about the definition of low vision, and includes example of what people with low vision see.... Details >

Center for the Partially Sighted  External Link

Adult Vision Screening   External Link

Half of all blindness can be prevented. A vision screening does not replace an eye doctor's exam, but it can help identify people who are at risk for eye disease.... Details >

Prevent Blindness America  External Link

Choice Magazine Listening   External Link

Choice Magazine Listening is a free audio anthology for a special audience of blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, or dyslexic subscribers.... Details >

Choice Magazine Listening  External Link

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

Also available in: Spanish 

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

EyeCare America  External Link

EyeCare America is a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Their mission is to preserve sight by raising awareness about eye disease and providing access t... Details >

American Academy of Ophthalmology  External Link

InfantSEE™ Program  External Link

InfantSEE™ is a public health program designed to ensure that eye and vision care becomes an integral part of infant wellness care to improve a child's quality of life. Under this program, which will ... Details >

American Optometric Association  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 Aids  External Link

This page provides information about low vision aids, including magnifiers, reading machines with voice output, and absorptive lenses. The page also suggests if you are losing sight some simple things... Details >

Macular Degeneration Partnership  External Link

Low Vision Library: Articles and Publications  External Link

This site provides online publications and reports covering topics of interest to people with low vision and their families and friends. ... Details >

Center for the Partially Sighted  External Link

Prevent Blindness America: Affiliates and Divisions  External Link

Prevent Blindness America (PBA) is a volunteer eye health and safety organization offering a wide variety of community services and information. PBA affiliates offer vision screening, volunteer opport... Details >

Prevent Blindness America  External Link

Vision-Related Terms--Selected Online Sources

This page links to online sources of vision-related terms. Sources include the MEDLINEPlus-Online Dictionary, Eye Terminology Glossary, and Glossary of Ocular Terms. ... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

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

What's On Your Plate May Help Save Your Sight  External Link

Specific foods and nutrients are proving to be some of the best defenses against vision-zapping eye disorders. This brochure provides information on how your diet and lifestyle can help preserve your ... Details >

Alliance for Aging Research  External Link