Low Vision Blog

Please enjoy Enhanced Vision’s first ever 30 second commercial. The commerical has been aired in Florida and Northern California. Enhanced Vision is very excited to air the commerical in many more areas in the country as well in the near future, stay tuned!

Marla Palmer worries that science teachers give up on her two blind children too easily. That’s one reason why the president of the Utah Parents of Blind Children helped to organize Saturday’s “Science Without Sight” camp for 26 visually impaired Utah students from fourth through 12th grades. Campers got the chance to handle alligators and […]

Twelve visually impaired artists, a few of whom are totally blind, were recently featured by the University of California at Riverside. The shots they took are inspiring, considering that most won’t know where the camera lens is pointing. For Rosita McKenzie, she said she could be experimental as she can’t see. Her method was to […]

As little Tatyana Larbi, aka Little Miss Muffett, sings about selling her cotton and twigs to the “sister pigs,” you can tell the young girl is enjoying her moment in the limelight, even if she can’t see the audience’s response. The set and costumes are pretty basic. Most were made by parents and volunteers. But […]

Eating a diet rich in leafy vegetables, nuts and fish and low in starchy carbohydrates appears to lower risk for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 50. The findings, published this month in the journal Ophthalmology, is the first to calculate the combined effect of certain dietary nutrients… […]

“I think I’m the only blind principal in Los Angeles,” stated Connie Gibson after she developed diabetic retinopathy, which later led to sudden vision loss after complications from laser surgery. Now age 59, Gibson is currently legally blind, but has been able to move forward with her life. She continues working and living an active […]

Macular degeneration primarily affects people who are 65 years of age or older. This eye disease is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for people in this age bracket. With the baby boomers hitting their golden years in an ever increasing amount, this is causing doctors to diagnose more and more cases of […]

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Team USA won two gold medals and six overall on Saturday at the International German Championships for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Schmalkdalden, Germany.    “Our athletes fought very well overall,” said Coach Scott Moore (Englewood, Colo.), a three-time Paralympic medalist. “This tournament gave them the opportunity….. Source for complete […]

This is a collection of photographs taken by blind and partially sighted visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum during a two day course. The photographer Eric Richmond led the course and …. Source for complete article: http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/past_events/people_with_disabilities/photocourse_blind/index.html

Renee Williamson won two gold medals at the Taekwondo Belgium Open Challenge Cup in early March. It was the first time a competitor who had low vision or was blind had competed. Renee is a… Source for complete article: http://www.visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=823&news=1069