Essential Skills for Everyday Living with Vision Loss
Vision loss does not have to prevent you from living an active, healthy, fulfilling life. There are many tips and techniques you can learn on your own to retain your independence; in addition, vision rehabilitation services and instruction can provide you with techniques that can help you accomplish many daily living skills safely and independently.
In this section about living independently at home with vision loss, we provide tips, techniques, and useful equipment to help you accomplish many everyday household tasks, including personal self-care, getting around safely indoors and outdoors, using the telephone, reading and writing, home and kitchen safety, eating skills, cleaning, household organization, and shopping.
Blog Posts
- A Dog Guide Diary by Gil Johnson and Harley at The Seeing Eye, Inc. (Part 3)
by Maureen Duffy on 5/23/2013 - There's Nothing More that Can be Done, You Say? Not True, We Say!
by Maureen Duffy on 5/16/2013 - A Dog Guide Diary by Gil Johnson and Harley at The Seeing Eye, Inc. (Part 2)
by Maureen Duffy on 5/15/2013 - A Dog Guide Diary by Gil Johnson and Harley at The Seeing Eye, Inc. (Part 1)
by Maureen Duffy on 5/9/2013 - Getting On with Life when the Rules Change by VisionAware Peer Advisor DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
by Maureen Duffy on 4/16/2013 - Meet Gil Johnson: Blind Woodworker and One of California's "50 Notable People"
by Maureen Duffy on 3/26/2013 - "My Life in Korea" by VisionAware Peer Advisor Lenore Dillon
by Maureen Duffy on 2/11/2013 - "On Becoming Illiterate" by New Zealand Author Lynley Hood
by Maureen Duffy on 2/5/2013 - A Response to The New York Times: Macular Degeneration Does not Equal Despair and Devastation
by Maureen Duffy on 1/22/2013 - The Importance of Braille Literacy: An Open Letter to the New York Times from Daniel Aronoff
by Maureen Duffy on 1/8/2013 - My Journey Back to Braille by Empish Thomas, Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta
by Maureen Duffy on 1/3/2013 - Why Braille Is So Important To Me by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
by Maureen Duffy on 1/2/2013 - Fear of Falling, Eye Disease, and Limitations in Daily Activities: They're All Related
by Maureen Duffy on 12/18/2012 - Why I Don't Use the iPhone by Empish Thomas, Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta
by Maureen Duffy on 12/5/2012 - A Festive Thanksgiving Cocktail with Adaptations for Blindness and Low Vision
by Maureen Duffy on 11/20/2012 - Emergency Preparedness with Blindness and Visual Impairment: A First-Person Account
by Maureen Duffy on 11/5/2012 - Dining in the Dark: Does Its Mission Succeed? Part 2
by Maureen Duffy on 10/3/2012 - Dining in the Dark: Does Its Mission Succeed? Part 1
by Maureen Duffy on 10/2/2012 - Adventures In Sighted/Blind Air Travel
by Maureen Duffy on 10/1/2012 - Can a Guide Dog "Know" Its Owner Is Blind?
by Maureen Duffy on 9/17/2012 - A "Top Eight" List of My Favorite Blog Posts by Joe Strechay
by Maureen Duffy on 8/21/2012 - A New Study about Age-Related Eye Disease and Mobility Limitations in Older Adults
by Maureen Duffy on 9/8/2011
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