Search results for: “Macular degeneration”
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AMD Living: Tools for Reading with Low Vision
In this quick video, Beth Daisy demonstrates some tools that can make reading with macular degeneration easier. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor of her memory.
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AMD Living: Low Vision Shopping List
Something as simple as making a shopping list can be a challenge with macular degeneration. Beth Daisy offers some low vision tools for making a shopping list in this short video. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor
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AMD Living: Telling Time with Low Vision
There are many low vision options to tell time with macular degeneration. In this short video, Beth Daisy demonstrates some of those options. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor of her memory.
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AMD Living: Smart Device Accessibility
Learn how to access and adjust your accessibility settings on your phone or tablet for macular degeneration low vision. While technology changes this video should still point you in the right direction to find your devices’ low vision accessibility features so you can adjust contrast, magnification, and more to suit your low vision needs. This
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Low Vision Rehabilitation
One of the most important, but under-utilized, services available for people with vision loss from macular degeneration is Low Vision Rehabilitation. Many people think they need to accept their vision loss and the subsequent losses of favorite activities and independence, leading to lower quality of life, grief, and depression1. This does not have to be
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Write Your Representatives
ACTION DATES: Feb 20-28, 2024 Fill out the form letter below, provided by the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) with your information and your personalized message (you can edit the subject line, and add your own message to the “message body” field) to ensure that issues that affect the macular degeneration and
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Access in Sight Call Script
You may want to print this out and edit to your liking, including adding a bit of your personal story about how macular degeneration affects you. If you have to leave a message, be sure to include your full name and zip code. This allows the staff to verify you are a constituent in their
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Access in Sight! AMD Advocacy and Action Week
AMDF has declared the fourth week of February as Access in Sight! AMD/Low Vision Advocacy and Action Week, as part of the annual Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month every February. 2025 DATES: February 20-28 Access in Sight! AMD Advocacy and Action Week is a public call-to-action to bring the attention of
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2025 AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month Resources
AMD Awareness Month, sometimes also referred to as AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month, was established in 2008 to raise awareness about the national prevalence and impact of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on individuals, and the rippling effect on their networks of care. In 2025, the state of AMD in the United States remains alarming.
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Advocacy for a Cure: How AMDF is Making a Difference in Washington DC
September 2023 The American Macular Degeneration Foundation participated in Capitol Hill events hosted by the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) for the 5th year in a row. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness about the need for increased eye research funding to keep pace with the cost of meaningful eye