Low Vision Blog

A few weeks ago I posted an article on the obligations of blind and low vision people to realize that not everything is about them. This came about, in part, because people were asking me what they should do in certain circumstances when around me. So here is a partial list of the things that […]

When vision loss starts to interfere with one’s ability to see numbers on clocks, watches, microwaves, calculators, and more you may not need a magnifier, you may just need to switch to devices that talk. My father-in-law who has wet macular degeneration used to do most of the maintenance on his car. One of the […]

One of my favorite books on macular degeneration is The First Year: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Dan Roberts. As someone who has lived with macular degeneration for almost 20 years, he provides education and practical advice, not just about treating macular degeneration but about living with it as […]

Dick Barbuto When a person suffers from a disability/impairment/issue (or whatever the correct term is these days) there is a tendency to feel that all must somehow accommodate you. After all, you’re the one with the disability, right? Wrong. Having a disability means that you must also take the time and extend the effort to […]

Those of us with low vision or blindness collect information about our environment differently than sighted people.  That stands to reason when you consider that we have one less sense to rely on. I often hear that people without vision or who have low vision have their other senses enhanced.  Let me put that to […]

Wouldn’t it be great to know what environmental factors or what genes contributed to the development of age related macular degeneration (AMD)? My husband and I are helping to find the answers to these questions by being participants in the Genetics of Age-Related Maculopathy (GARM II) study at Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University […]

This article is a compilation of things that have happened to me while eating in restaurants. You would think that might be a review of some of the things regarding accessibility that are governed by federal and state law. Nothing could be further away.  I would like to address in a humorous way some of […]

As a registered nurse who loves to educate others on health and wellness, it is so refreshing to find physicians who are interested in disease prevention. Several ophthalmologists have written books on nutrition and/or macular degeneration. They are Dr. Stephen Pratt, the author of Superfoods RX, Dr. Michael A. Samuel, the author of Macular Degeneration: […]

There are some fun things about vision loss or impairment that you should know about. Here are ten fun things by Dick Barbuto 1. Everyone looks great. Women are beautiful and men are handsome. Wailing children are not great unless you are also deaf. 2. You can barge into a room and become the immediate […]

I received a recent response from one of our readers of Macular Degeneration News after sending out a newsletter about a not so well known, but not uncommon symptom of advanced macular degeneration. Soon after reading about this symptom, the reader experienced it herself, but was grateful for the advanced knowledge so as not to […]