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Vision Impairment

At-a-Glance

Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is visual impairment occurring as a result of brain injury characterized by preference for color, preference for movement, visual latency, light-gazing, non-purposeful gazing, visual field preferences, distance vision impairment, absent or impaired visual blink reflex, preference for familiar objects, and visually impaired guided reach

Supportive Advosources

  • A Cure In Sight

  • Himalayan Cataract Project

    • Website: https://www.cureblindness.org

    • Description: To restore sight and hope for patients who might never have been reached due to unnecessary blindness, almost half are due to cataracts – which can be surgically treated.

  • $ Foundation of American Academy of Ophthalmology

    • Website: https://secure.aao.org/Forms/ECAReferral

    • Description: Connects eligible seniors who are legal residents or US citizens, have not seen an ophthalmologist in three years, are older than 64 yrs old, not eligible for eye care benefits through the VA with local ophthalmologists to provide medical exams

  • Lighthouse International

    • Website: http://www.lighthouse.org/

    • Phone: 800-284-4422

    • Description: helps the visually impaired attain goals with mobility and technology (handheld devices, computer systems, etc.), providing training and educational resources for people affected by vision loss and for the blind and visually impaired.

  • * New Eyes for the Needs

    • Website: https://new-eyes.org/
      Description: provides new eyeglasses for children and adults in financial need

  • $ Little Bears Sees

    • Website: Littlebearsees.org

    • Description: Provides families with tools to help children with CVI see including grants for iPads

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