Guidelines for the Application of Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities provides guidance to engineers and planners on the design of roundabouts and channelized turn lanes for accessibility.
Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
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GuideMe is a resource for those who have been recently diagnosed with AMD (age-related macular degeneration) or diabetes-related retinopathy, their family members and caregivers. Based on a questionnaire about an individual’s diagnosis, GuideMe will create a customized guide with helpful information, tips, resources and steps to take to be proactive about protecting their vision and maintaining quality of life and independence. The intent of GuideMe is to simulate as accurately as possible a post-diagnosis consultation with a doctor or therapist.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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These health presentation topics are intended for community health educators, outreach workers, public health professionals, community or senior center program directors, occupational health nurses, safety directors, or employers looking for educational material on eye health and safety or seeking to understand more about age-related eye disease. These educational resources will help you better serve your patients, customers and constituents.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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Presentations to help you teach people in your community about vision and aging, sports-related eye injury, and diabetic eye disease.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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Includes topics and objectives pertaining to vision and eye health, tools, and resources.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Educational resources will help you share information about steps people with diabetes can take to lower their risk of vision loss.
Source: National Eye Institute
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Search the IAPB repository of documents, toolkits, guidelines, briefing papers, publications and reports.
Source: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
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The IAPB Vision Atlas is a wealth of information relevant to policy makers, health planners, eye health professionals, NGOs, patient groups and advocates. Given that so much of avoidable sight loss is a consequence of inequity and lack of access for the most disadvantaged members of our global community, the IAPB Vision Atlas is an important resource for those responsible for achieving universal health coverage and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.The 2020 update provides a rich mix of data, narrative and interactive presentation tools that make it easy to understand and present complex data sets to a broad audience.
Source: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
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This resource describes how providers can assess their practices, develop such plans, and be
prepared to implement accessible services, and suggests ways to improve the provision of health care to people who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf/blind.
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Grants are made to states to support services for individuals age 55 or older whose severe visual impairment makes competitive employment difficult to obtain but for whom independent living goals are feasible.
Source: Benefits.gov
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The Seeing the Way to Better Health issue briefs series and corresponding infographics target three areas of health where vision and eye health can be incorporated into new and existing health programs – brain health, diabetes, and women’s health. The issue briefs were created to support state, local, and community programs with the integration of vision and eye health strategies into their programming. Each issue brief contains an overview of the role for vision in the specific health area, a variety of resources, and supporting graphics for use in communications. These issue briefs were developed in partnership with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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People with blindness may develop some of the limitations discussed below, but seldom develop all of them. Also, the degree of limitation will vary among individuals. Be aware that not all people will need accommodations to perform their jobs and many others may only need a few accommodations. This webpage provides a sample of the possibilities available. Numerous other accommodation solutions may exist.
Source: Office of Disability Employment Policy
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By contacting your local vocational rehabilitation office, you will tap into a wealth of resources related to employment options for people with disabilities. Vocational rehabilitation (VR), a state-supported division of services, assists individuals with disabilities who are pursuing meaningful careers. VR assists those individuals to secure gainful employment commensurate with their abilities and capabilities through local job searches and awareness of self-employment and telecommuting opportunities. In addition to VR, some states have separate agencies serving individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
Source: Office of Disability Employment Policy
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The Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile is a mobile eye clinic owned and operated by Phillips Eye Institute — a campus of Abbott Northwestern Hospital. With two fully-equipped exam rooms and an optical shop on board, the eye mobile is an eye doctor’s office on wheels. The eye mobile and its team of eye care professionals travel to Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools to provide eye exams for children in need who have been screened by the Early Youth Eyecare Community Initiative. The Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile also provides vision screening services for children and adults at community or school events.The Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile is a mobile eye clinic owned and operated by Phillips Eye Institute — a campus of Abbott Northwestern Hospital. With two fully-equipped exam rooms and an optical shop on board, the eye mobile is an eye doctor’s office on wheels. The eye mobile and its team of eye care professionals travel to Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools to provide eye exams for children in need who have been screened by the Early Youth Eyecare Community Initiative. The Kirby Puckett Eye Mobile also provides vision screening services for children and adults at community or school events.
Source: Phillips Eye Institute Foundation
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This brochure describes some of the changes that can be made to existing lighting to make your home more comfortable and secure.
Source: Illuminating Engineering Society
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A community-based education program that allows Lions clubs, community organizations and individuals to promote healthy vision and raise awareness of the causes of preventable vision loss.
Source: Lions Clubs International
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This site offers up-to-date information and free materials for people living with low vision.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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This is where you will find continually updated information about clinical trials for diseases of the eye.
Source: Prevent Blindness
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Many are not aware that Medicare also provides benefits for people living with disabilities regardless of their age. To help highlight this program for those under 65 with disabilities, we have published a comprehensive guide to understanding eligibility, coverage, and, most importantly, how to navigate the Medicare enrollment process.
Source: MedicarePlans.com
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A searchable database about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues:
MedlinePlus offers up-to-date information in language you can understand. MedlinePlus is also available in Spanish: https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/.
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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