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Hi everybody, I was just doing some research on the net and ran across a couple of good resources for the visually impaired. Check out www.MaxiAids.com this site has a catalog you can order. It has good stuff to help the vusually impaird. Check out www.acb.org/resources/catalogs.html American Council...

Hi, This is NOT uncommon in people with low vision at all. My husband stopped writing in the 3rd grade and typed everything. My daughter's handwriting is behind her peers (2nd grade) but not attrioucisly so. My son (3.5 years) is behind, but I'm ot overwhlemingly concerned at this point. Have...

I am 26 and had never dreamed about driving until a year ago I stumbled onto this web site. It has been a long process getting here but I now have a learners permit. I was always told my vision was 20/200 but with a little further testing we got it to 20/100 with correction. I am nervous and am not using...

The time has come for my husband’s office and my son’s bedroom to cease being the same physical location. We’ve recently had part or our attic finished as my husband’s new office. We’re trying to do this as cheaply as possible, so we’re doing the painting. I don’t really mind painting, it is the prep...

heck yeah if to have been diagnosed with albinism and are legally blind by the standards of your state and certified as disabled you qualify to go to school on a waiver it means the state picks up the tab . also contact the department of assistive and rehabilative service [aka DARS} in your state they...

I think the last suggestion is outstanding. Don't be too quick to assume that everyone knows everything about coping with low vision. You might talk about what coping mechansims you have used that work well for you, especially in school growing up, and in the workplace as an adult. Parents expecially...

I have never wxperienced drving before yet i enjoy when someone else does drive. i plan to have my driver's license by the end of this year and I haven't yet taken the knowledge test. I'm asking myself if I will be able to do.Though I read on thi forums the experiences of so many peaple jsut...

Hi Brian, The two points you cited from Dr. Fowler are most interesting. The first one about accident rates for those with vision impairments not being higher than other groups has also been documented by doctors here in the U.S. In fact some have said they have less accidents because of the rigorous...