The Self-help Resource Center for Vision Loss
Vision Loss Self Help Topics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Clinic locations:
West Complex
Hospital Drive and University Avenue
Charlottesville, VA
434-924-5485
Northridge
Northridge Medical Park
2955 Ivy Road (250 West)
Charlottesville, VA
434-243-4710
Personal Story: Master Sgt. Jeffrey Mittman, Wounded Veteran
Joplin Association of the Blind
Regional Low Vision Center
311 S. Shifferdecker Avenue
Joplin, MO 64801
417-623-5721
417-623-1968 (Fax)
The primary service area for the Joplin Association for the Blind and Regional Low Vision Resource Center is a 100-mile radius of Joplin, Missouri, serving the four-state areas of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Services include:
National Glaucoma Research
A Program of the American Health Assistance Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, MD 20871
800-437-2423 (Toll free)
301-948-4403 (Fax)
www.ahaf.org/glaucoma
E-mail contacts
Personal Story: Belinda Brasley, Blind Photographer, Twitterer, and Blog Author
Meet Belinda Brasley, blind photographer, Twitterer, and author of the blog Losing Vision, Gaining Insight, in which she chronicles her transition to low vision living. "I sometimes feel like I am in a no-man's-land," says Belinda. "I am not legally blind, but I really have difficulty seeing ...
North Dakota Association of the Blind
www.ndab.org
E-mail: klarson@dia.net
The North Dakota Association of the Blind (NDAB) strives to enhance the way of life for persons who are visually impaired, to improve their opportunities for employment, and to create public awareness about persons with sight loss.
Serices and resources include:
The Glaucoma Foundation
80 Maiden Lane, Suite 700
New York, NY 10038
212-285-0080
www.glaucomafoundation.org
Personal Story: Sensei Devin Fernandez, a Martial Arts Teacher with a Special Vision
No two people experience vision loss in the same way. Many feel sadness, grief, anger, and other powerful emotions. Vision loss inevitably results in lifestyle changes and has an impact upon the lives of family and friends. Each person dealing with vision loss is unique; each has a compelling story to tell. (See our other Personal Story interviews)
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