21. Blindness Related Resources Index of blindness related resources on the web and beyond. blindnessRelated Resources on the Web and Beyond. (last updated March 24, 2004). Table of Contents. http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html

Blindness-Related Resources on the Web and Beyond (last updated March 24, 2004) Table of Contents Skip Table of Contents About This Document General Blindness-Related Resources Blindness-Related Emailing Lists ... Adaptive Products and Services (includes screen readers, speech synthesizers, refreshable braille displays, braille embossers, etc.) Home Pages of Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals Friends of the Blind Employment-Related Resources Educational Resources Pertaining to Blindness and Vision Loss ... Terra Infirma: Raw Links An Explanatory Note When I first mounted this page on my web site, Camera Obscura This is not , nor is intended to be, an encyclopedic index of blindness-related resources on the 'net... It is merely a collection of links that I have either come to rely upon personally or which I have stumbled across in the course of my own personal webcrawling. They are offered here merely as jumping-off points for the exploration of blindness-related resources, for following any one of the links listed on this page will open a Pandora's box of information. And that , my friends, is the true beauty of hypertext...

22. A Blind Teen's Point Of View Monthly writings about living with blindness. http://www.carefreeenterprise.com/arielle/

23. American Foundation For The Blind - Home Page Eye Conditions. blindness Statistics. Headlines. A to Z of blindness and Vision Loss Now Online http://www.afb.org/

Home Change Colors and Text Size Contact Us Sitemap Site Search American Foundation for the Blind About AFB Press Room Bookstore Donate Learn About: Living With Vision Loss Education Employment Technology ... Braille Information For: Seniors Kids Professionals What Does AFB Do? Advocacy Events Publishing Research ... Audio Production Where Can I Find? Find organizations that provide services to people who are blind or visually impaired and their families. Find helpful services... Accessibility Advocacy Aging Services Assistive Products Audiodescription/Videodescription Braille/Audio/Large Print Production Business/Personal Services Community Outreach Programs Computer Training Consultation/Technical Program Assistance Counseling Distance Education Dog Guide Training Early Intervention/Infants Education Services Employment/Job Training Financial Assistance Health/Fitness Health/Medical Housing Services In-Home Services Independent Living/Rehabilitation Services Information and Referral Legal Services Library Services Literacy/Alternate Methods of Reading, Training in Low Vision Services Orientation and Mobility Parent Assistance Personnel Preparation Preschool Programs Professional Training Professional/Diagnostic Assessment of Clients Reading Services Recreation Services Support Groups Transportation Services AFB Highlights: Helen Keller Braille Quick Links: JVIB Calendar of Events Quick Facts: Eye Conditions Blindness Statistics Headlines Join AFB in following Erik Weihenmayer and six students to Tibet AFB is proud to support Erik Weihenmayer's latest expedition up the 23,000-foot Lhakpa Ri mountain in Tibet. Follow Erik and six students from the Braille Without Borders school for blind children in Lhasa, Tibet, as they make the trek and chronicle their adventures online.

24. CDC Travelers' Health Information On Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/oncho.htm

Contents Destinations Outbreaks Diseases Vaccinations ... USDA/APHIS Importing food, plant, animal products U.S. State Department Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization Home ... Purchase Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) Description Onchocerciasis is caused by the prelarval (microfilaria) and adult stages of the nematode Onchocerca volvulus . The disease is transmitted by the bite of certain species of female Simulium flies (black flies) that bite by day and are found near rapidly flowing rivers and streams. Occurrence Onchocerciasis is endemic in more than 25 nations located in a broad band across the central part of Africa. Small endemic foci are also present in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) and in the Americas (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, southern Mexico, and Venezuela). Risk for Travelers Clinical Presentation Infection with O. volvulus can result in dermatitis; subcutaneous nodules; lymphadenitis; and ocular lesions, which can progress to blindness. Symptoms may occur months to years after departure from endemic areas.

25. MedlinePlus: Vision Impairment And Blindness Vision Disorders and blindness. Contents of this page Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Vision Disorders and blindness http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/visiondisordersblindness.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Vision Impairment and Blindness Contents of this page: News From the NIH General/Overviews Anatomy/Physiology ... Teenagers Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Vision Impairment and Blindness: General Blindness Low Vision You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Cataract Diabetic Eye Problems Eye Diseases Eye Injuries ... Eyes and Vision Latest News Even Preschoolers Should Have Their Vision Tested (05/28/2004, Reuters Health) From the National Institutes of Health Frequently Asked Questions about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) National Eye Institute Releases National Plan for Eye and Vision Research (National Eye Institute) Questions to Ask about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) What You Should Know about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) General/Overviews Vision Impairment (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) Anatomy/Physiology Diagram of the Eye (National Eye Institute) Also available in: Spanish Normal Eye Anatomy (National Eye Institute) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Blindness

26. Eye Disorders Including Cataracts, Lasik Eye Surgery, Blindness, Glaucoma And Ey Medical information, treatment, and symptoms. Includes cataracts, color blindness, and eye allergy. http://www.focusoneyesight.com/

MedicineNet Home EyeSight Home Advanced Search Medical Information on the Eyes What is the structure of the eye? Which common disorders of the eye can (sometimes) be self- treated? What common eye conditions usually require treatment by a doctor? What types of OTC eye-care products are there? ... ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH) Sponsored Links Get Medical Advice via Chat or E-Mail Doctors available for private, one-on-one consultation over the Internet at affordable consultation fees. Visa and Mastercard accepted. www.kasamba.com Medical Reference Books For Less Get low prices on today's best-selling reference books. Dictionaries, drug guides, terms, atlases, PDR's, and supply books. Compare prices at dozens of stores with 1 click. www.allbookstores.com Leading Health Care Site Gives Advice Giorgio Milan offers medical advice, in addition to the best prices on skin care products. Affiliate links. www.giorgiomilanskincare.com Medications MedTerms Medical Dictionary Home Help ... Complete Listing Allergies Alzheimer's Arthritis Asthma Blood Pressure Cancer Cholesterol Chronic Pain Crohn's Disease Depression Diabetes Dictionary Digestion Eyesight First Aid Healthy Kids Healthy Living Heart Hepatitis C HIV Liver Lung Cond.

27. Action For Blind People - Helping Blind And Partially Sighted And Visually Impai UK charity. Site contains a good range of information covering the practical aspects of dealing with visual impairment and blindness. http://www.afbp.org/

News Support Us Information Employment ... Work for Us Welcome to Action for Blind People Action for Blind People enables blind and partially sighted people to transform their lives through work, housing, leisure and support. We offer a wide range of services to visually impaired people, their families, advocates, professionals and the general public. National Information Hotline: Are you blind or partially sighted? Would you like to know more about us? Can we work with you? Can you offer us your support? ... Disability United Partnership Our services include: Practical employment development support for visually impaired people and companies Support for blind and partially sighted people wishing to move home and specialist housing units We manage four purpose built and specially adapted hotels for visually impaired guests and sporting activities and A national information and advice service, with specialised welfare rights support

28. Fight For Sight Information about the work and fundraising efforts of charity supporting research into blindness. http://www.fightforsight.org.uk/

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29. About Color Blindness - What, Why, How - Problems Colors for the Color Blind. About Color blindness (Color Vision Deficiency). Back to Top. Clinical information about color blindness http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/aboutCB.html

Colors for the Color Blind About Color Blindness (Color Vision Deficiency) What colorblindness is Frustrations / Dangers Clinical information How color blindness works ... Links to other Sites about Color Deficiency What colorblindness is: Color blindness (color vision deficiency) is a condition in which certain colors cannot be distinguished, and is most commonly due to an inherited condition. Red/Green color blindness is by far the most common form, about 99%, and causes problems in distinguishing reds and greens. Another color deficiency Blue/Yellow also exists, but is rare and there is no commonly available test for it. Depending on just which figures you believe, color blindness seems to occur in about 8% - 12% of males of European origin and about one-half of 1% of females. I did not find any figures for frequency in other races. Total color blindness (seeing in only shades of gray) is extremely rare. There is no treatment for color blindness, nor is it usually the cause of any significant disability. However, it can be very frustrating for individuals affected by it. Those who are not color blind seem to have the misconception that color blindness means that a color blind person sees only in black and white or shades of gray. While this sort of condition is possible, it is extremely rare. Being color blind does keep one from performing certain jobs and makes others difficult.

30. Computerized Simulation Of Colour Blindness What do colourblind people see? Interactive Java applets to demonstrate colour appearance. http://tsi.enst.fr/~brettel/colourblindness.html

What do colour-blind people see? Interactive java applet to demonstrate colourblindness with 1 image (for slow internet connections) with 3 images with 9 images (for fast internet connections) Web design for the colour-blind (interactive java applet) Colourmaps for checking the legibility of displays by dichromats Colour picture illustrating how a 256 colour palette appears to 'colour-blind' observers Last modified: 2003-01-27 by Hans Brettel

31. RPB - Research To Prevent Blindness http://www.rpbusa.org/

32. Welcome To Prevent Blindness America Founded in 1908, Prevent blindness America® is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. Prevent blindness America serves millions of people each year through public and professional education, community and patient services programs and research. Together with a network of affiliates, divisions and chapters, it's committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. http://www.preventblindness.org/index.html

Prevent Blindness in your state: Location Arizona N. California Connecticut Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa Kentucky Massachusetts Nebraska New Jersey New York N. Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Virginia Wisconsin Our affiliates offer vision screening, volunteer opportunities and important eye health and safety programs. Search About Us Want to Help? Web Forum ... Site Map FOR MORE FREE INFORMATION ABOUT EYE HEALTH AND SAFETY, CALL 1-800-331-2020 VISION RESEARCH ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT RISING INCIDENCE OF BLINDNESS AMONG AMERICANS Fifty thousand people lose their sight needlessly every year. Eighty million Americans are at risk of getting eye diseases that can lead to low vision and even blindness. Vision loss robs people of their independence, mobility and quality of life, and costs taxpayers an estimated $4 billion annually. FIREWORKS TIED TO 8,800

33. Kids' Questions What causes blindness? There are many things which cause blindness. Back to Top. Will I learn more about blindness if I close my eyes or wear a blindfold? http://www.nfb.org/kids.htm

We receive many letters and questions from children who wish to learn more about blindness. It is important for blind children to learn that blindness will not prevent them from living happy and normal lives, and so blind children need to learn from good blind adult role models. We have developed this list of some of the most often asked questions by blind children, and we think it is just as important for sighted children, too. Who was Louis Braille? The Braille system of reading and writing was developed by a Frenchman named Louis Braille when he was just a boy. He became blind through an accident, and he discovered that trying to read raised letters was much too slow. He wanted a faster way for blind people to read and write. He modeled Braille after a system of codes used by the military, and then he expanded his system. For more information about Louis Braille, please visit your school or public library. Who was Helen Keller? Helen Keller was both deaf and blind. Although she had to fight to get the opportunity, she graduated from Radcliffe College. She wrote several books and worked hard to improve opportunities for the deaf and the blind. At the time when she lived, people who were both deaf and blind did not have very many opportunities. Now there is better education, training, employment, and other opportunities for the deaf-blind. You can learn more about Helen Keller from your school or public library. Back to Top What is Braille?

34. Esmerel's List Of Disability Resources Adaptive technology, blindness, and onehanded. http://www.esmerel.org/

Esmerel's Collection of Disability Resources (Also the Home of Unicorn Quest - The Kids' Typing Tutor Game For One or Two Hands) Click here to download Unicorn Quest On these pages, you will find lists of many disability related resources. There are literally hundreds of well-organized links (at last count over 2000). These lists will continue to grow. Individual pages are updated on a weekly basis. For your information and viewing pleasure, I've arranged the resources into a variety of different categories. Feel free to have a look. If you have any suggestions, find any broken links or know of any other resources, please email Heather Click here for the site map of the disability sections. Adaptive Technology Resources [ 5 Subcategories] Blindness-Related Resources [ 2 Subcategories] Canadian Disability Resources [2 Subcategories] Deafness Related Resources [2 Subcategories] Mail, News and Bulletin Boards

35. MedlinePlus: Vision Impairment And Blindness National Eye Institute The primary NIH organization for research on Vision Impairment and blindness is the National Eye Institute. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/visionimpairmentandblindness.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Vision Impairment and Blindness Contents of this page: News From the NIH General/Overviews Anatomy/Physiology ... Teenagers Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Vision Impairment and Blindness: General Blindness Low Vision You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Cataract Diabetic Eye Problems Eye Diseases Eye Injuries ... Eyes and Vision Latest News Even Preschoolers Should Have Their Vision Tested (05/28/2004, Reuters Health) From the National Institutes of Health Frequently Asked Questions about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) National Eye Institute Releases National Plan for Eye and Vision Research (National Eye Institute) Questions to Ask about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) What You Should Know about Low Vision (National Eye Institute) General/Overviews Vision Impairment (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) Anatomy/Physiology Diagram of the Eye (National Eye Institute) Also available in: Spanish Normal Eye Anatomy (National Eye Institute) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Blindness

36. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Blindness blindness. blindness is the loss of vision, not correctable with lenses. blindness can be partial, with loss of only part of the vision. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Blindness Contents of this page: Illustrations Alternative names Definition Common Causes ... What to expect at your health care provider's office Illustrations Neurofibromatosis I, enlarged optic foramen Alternative names Return to top Loss of vision Definition Return to top Blindness is the loss of vision, not correctable with lenses. Blindness can be partial, with loss of only part of the vision. It can also be complete, in which case there is no perception of light. People with vision worse than 20/200 or a field of vision of less than 20 degrees in the better eye are considered legally blind. Common Causes Return to top Blindness has many causes. In the United States, the leading causes are diabetes , glaucoma, macular degeneration , and accidents (such as chemical burns or injuries from bungie cords, fishing hooks, fireworks, racket balls, and similar objects). Worldwide, the leading causes of blindness are cataracts, onchocerciasis ("river blindness"), trachoma, leprosy, and

37. No Smoking Smoking and macular degeneration, cataracts, loss of hearing, and loss of night visioin. http://www.mdsupport.org/library/nosmoke.html

This information is provided by Macular Degeneration Support at www.mdsupport.org One printed copy is permitted for personal use only. No Smoking By Linda Kaspari Cigarette smoking reduces levels of plasma antioxidant, a substance in the blood stream, which protects retinal cells. Smoking causes the protective layer between the retina and blood vessels to erode, resulting in poor circulation, irritation and scarring. Smoking is damaging to the blood supply. Smoking exposes the body to free radicals which causes cellular damage and can cause poor circulation of nutrients to the retina and lens. Carotenoid levels and vitamin C blood concentrations are substantially reduced. Smoking oxidizes cholesterol, causing fat to build up in the arteries. This leads to heart attack, stroke, and probably macular degeneration. Cataracts Researchers think smoking contributes to the incidence of some types of cataracts. "What makes us suspect this is the consistency of studies all over the world," says Robert Sperduto, M.D., chief, epidemiology branch of the National Eye Institute. "If there's one thing people can do to improve their general health, including the health of their eyes, it is to stop smoking," says Dr. Sperduto. Carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke creates a hypoxic effect, it is clear that hypoxia will degrade night vision. (Hypoxia is a state of oxygen deficiency in the body which is sufficient to cause an impairment of function. The inadequate oxygen transport or the inability of the tissues to use oxygen causes hypoxia.)

38. Www.fatalblindness.com/ Face Blind! Bill s Face blindness (Prosopagnosia) Pages The world s only book about face blindness (prosopagnosia), the inability to tell people apart. Preface. This is the world s first http://www.fatalblindness.com/

39. Illinois Society For The Prevention Of Blindness Provides public resources for safety and care of eyes, along with eye disease. Includes The Visionary, a publication that explores research projects, issues and news of interest. http://www.eyehealthillinois.org/

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40. How The Edgar Cayce Readings Helped With Blindness How the Edgar Cayce readings helped me overcome blindness caused by optic neuritis. http://www.cayce.com/blindnesscoraino.htm

HOW THE EDGAR CAYCE READINGS HELPED WITH BLINDNESS By Cathy Comora At the age of 27, I suddenly lost the sight in my left eye due to optic neuritis. I went to three ophthalmologists including the head neuro-ophthalmologist at NYU hospital. I was offered only steroids as a treatment, which I was afraid to take because my body is extremely sensitive, and I was concerned about the side effects. Fortunately, a family friend told my mother to get me to a chiropractor immediately. I was a member of the Edgar Cayce organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment , and I was aware that Edgar Cayce recommended chiropractic adjustments for all sorts of ailments, and that the A.R.E. had a listing of chiropractic members. I decided that I wanted to be treated by a chiropractor who would treat me with the Cayce remedies for blindness. I called the A.R.E. and was given the name of Dr. John Pagano (author of Healing Psoriasis ) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I called him immediately, and he told me to come over right away. My mother agreed to drive me to his office, although she had always been skeptical about my interest in the Cayce readings. When we met Dr. Pagano, he told me that he had successfully treated a woman the previous year, who had been blind in both eyes for several months due to optic neuritis. Dr. Pagano told me that he could make no promises, but he would treat me the same way he had treated her, according to the Edgar Cayce readings.

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