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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