Category: Living and Thriving with Macular Degeneration
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The 2024 Gift Guide for People With Macular Degeneration
It’s that time of year! Time for the AMDF annual gift guide for people with macular degeneration. Before we dive into recommendations, let’s go over some basics. Macular Degeneration doesn’t cause complete blindness, but at its most severe, a person can experience near total central vision loss. There is actually quite a broad spectrum of…
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A Macular Degeneration Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving and other holidays offer challenges and opportunities for those living with macular degeneration. Here are tips and recipes for a healthy and safe holiday.
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Holiday Recipes for Macular Degeneration
Four Recipes for Eye-Healthy Holiday Cooking The holidays—a time of joy, togetherness, and yes, indulgence. Families bond together over food in all kinds of ways…around the holiday table, with food and beverage gifts, and in indulging in sweets and treats that are in abundance this time of year. A Word on Indulgence We all indulge! …
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2023 Gift Ideas for Macular Degeneration
Our Favorite 2023 Gift Ideas for People with Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration It’s the gift-giving season again. If you have a friend or loved one with vision loss from macular degeneration, you may wonder what kind of gifts could be both meaningful and useful. Vision loss impacts multiple aspects of life, including independence,…
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Pumpkin and Macular Degeneration
Pumpkin is a surprising source of nutrients good for macular degeneration.
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New Documentary on Living with Macular Degeneration
Losing Sight, Finding Hope: Living with Macular Degeneration The new documentary, Losing Sight, Finding Hope: Living with Macular Degeneration, from The American Macular Degeneration Foundation, and created by filmmaker Nick Czerula, premieres on YouTube on: Monday, March 20, 2023 at 8PM EST View the teaser below: How to Watch The full documentary, Losing Sight, Finding…
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Artists with Macular Degeneration – Three Films Highlight Creative Perseverance with Vision Loss
In honor of AMD Awareness Month 2023, The Vision & Art Project put together a playlist of the films they have produced on three different artists with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In their words, “As a whole, these artists’ stories inspire a deeper respect for and understanding of the profound capacity of humans to remain creative and vital in the…
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AMDF Premieres New Film on ‘Living with Macular Degeneration’ for AMD Awareness Month 2023
February 8, 2023 As part of AMD Awareness Month 2023, The American Macular Degeneration Foundation announces the premiere of: Life with Macular DegenerationPatient Stories Mary Toss: The Perseverance of Spirit About the Film In this honest, short documentary, Mary Toss shares her personal story of living with macular degeneration. She reflects on the reality of…
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2019 Macular Degeneration Gift Guide
Our Favorite 2019 Gifts for People with Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration A couple of years ago we wrote our 2017 AMDF Gift Guide, and that blog post still gets hundreds of visitors per month. We were delighted that so many people have an interest in thoughtful and useful gifts for their loved ones…
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2017 Macular Degeneration Gift Guide
Our Favorite 2017 Gifts for People with Vision Loss from Macular Degeneration **JUST RELEASED – The 2019 AMDF Gift Guide. The holihttps://www.macular.org/2019/12/15/2019-macular-degeneration-gift-guidedays are upon us! Do you have someone with low vision from macular degeneration in your life? Or wondering what to put on your own wish list? Finding a gift for someone with vision loss…