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Vision Impairment

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

Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines

Advocacy & Resources

  • A Cure In Sight

  • $ American Council of the Blind

    • Website: http://acb.org

    • Description: Helps with the journey through vision loss and blindness, includes a scholarship program.

  • American Foundation for the Blind

    • Website: http://www.afb.org

    • Description: Striving for equal opportunities for the blind or visually impaired, researching, statistical snapshots, educating and advocating and transforming aging services and supporr

  • 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

  • Pediatric Retinal Research Foundation

    • Website: https://www.prrf.org

    • Description: Funding research in the quest for a cure for children with blinding, retinal diseases (PFVs, ROP, Norrie Disease, Coats’ Disease, CCLRS, FEVR/Other)

$ Funding Opportunities

  • ACB Scholarship Program

*Toolkits & More

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