Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Blindness is completely or severely reduced vision. Contrary to popular belief, most people who are blind have some vision—only about 15% of blindness ...

Studies linking depression, cognitive difficulties, and behavioral challenges to vision impairment in children underscore the ...

The most profound finding was around income, and how many people are living in poverty. 37% of the 4.5 million people with low vision ages 65 and older were living on less than $20,000 a year.

Our survey included 288 people with blindness or low vision. Studies with larger numbers of participants could greatly expand upon what’s known about this problem and what can be done about it.

But like many people with low vision (Qiu et al., 2020), Laura still relies on sight when she can. In F2F conversations, Laura can see head, arm, and hand movements, ...

Nonprofits that work with blind and low-vision people — including the Foundation Fighting Blindness and Helen Keller Services — may also be able to help find low-vision doctors or occupational ...

As the vision rehabilitation specialist for the Moran Eye Center's Patient Support Program, Robert M. Christiansen, MD, works one-on-one with patients to determine which devices suit them best.

Rebecca Rosenberg, founder and CEO of Rebokeh Vision Technologies, demonstrates ReBokeh, an app free to museum visitors to assist low-vision attendants, during a class held for museum staff at the ...