VisionAware

Are you or a family member having difficulty seeing? Or perhaps been diagnosed with an eye condition such as macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone: vision problems affect 25 million Americans, and they are on the rise.

VisionAware is a free, easy-to-use informational service for adults who are blind or have low vision, their families, caregivers, healthcare providers, and social service professionals. Visitors will find tips and resources on living with blindness or low vision and information on eye diseases and disorders.

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Getting Started Guides

APH FamilyConnect’s Getting Started Guides provide information about vision development, navigating IFSP and IEPs, braille literacy, technology, transition to college/ career support, tips and ideas to support your child at home, and a wealth of additional resources to support you raising your child. Getting Started Guide Birth to 3rd Grade provides information about visual development, navigating […]

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New to Vision Loss?

Starting a journey with vision loss can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate blindness or low vision alone. Welcome to “New to Vision Loss?,” your essential starting point for this new chapter. This section offers clear, supportive, and practical information on emotional adjustment and support groups, vision rehabilitation, medication management, and more designed […]

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Living with Blindness or Low Vision

If you are new to blindness or low vision, take the journey one day and one step at a time. Utilize our tips for adjusting to vision changes, living independently, caring for yourself, navigating relationships, getting around your environment, redesigning your home and fall prevention, making home and vehicle repairs, maintaining employment, and choosing where […]

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Orientation and Mobility: Getting Around

Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is a profession specific to blindness and low vision that teaches safe, efficient, and effective travel skills to people of all ages:

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Families, Friends, and Professionals

Do you know someone (parent or family member, neighbor, or friend) having trouble seeing? You may be wondering about blindness/ low vision and how to talk with them about it. This section is for you!

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Products and Technology

Discover low and high-tech solutions enabling independence at home and work, connection with friends and family, and enjoyment of hobbies and leisure activities.

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Recreation and Leisure if Blind or Low Vision

From crafts, woodworking, traveling, and reading to sports and exercise, this section is full of information on the variety of activities people who are blind or low vision can engage in using a few adaptations.