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Services and Agencies for Macular Degeneration
This directory of care and services is for people with all levels of macular degeneration. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) is a central clearinghouse for this information. We do not endorse particular doctors, services, or centers. Here you can find doctors as well as state agencies specializing in blindness and visual impairment. These agencies…
About Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is a progressive eye disease that affects the tiny, central part of the retina called the macula at the back of the eye and can cause loss of central vision. It is the leading cause of vision loss in people over 40. According to the World Health Organization ‘s (WHO) 2020 World Vision…
Inspiring Case History of Age-related Macular Degeneration
A Missionary’s Approach to AMD Polly Brown takes an unusual approach to Age-related Macular Degeneration. It isn’t an easy one, and she knows it isn’t for everyone. She believes it’s her job — perhaps even her right — to “be thankful in all circumstances.” That phrase is from the tail end of a letter from…
The American Macular Degeneration Foundation
Here to help you learn about and live with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), offering you healthy living tips, the latest information, and ways to honor those touched by macular disease, while supporting researchers working to prevent, treat and cure macular degeneration and Stargardt disease. Here to help you learn about and live with Age-related Macular…
Eat Right for Your Sight Cookbook
It wasn’t just your mother telling you to eat carrots for better vision. People have known for centuries that certain foods can be good for your eyesight, including 16th Century Spanish explorers who carried chili peppers on voyages to help with night vision. Your mom and the explorers were smart: those chili peppers contained beta-carotene,…
Eat Right for Your Sight Cookbook (slightly damaged)
Note: these copies have very slight cosmetic damage. The pages are largely undamaged, except for a bit of faint discoloration at the edges.
AMD Living Video Series
Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Daily Living with Macular Degeneration Welcome to the AMD Living video series. Quick tips and tools to help you with daily tasks that vision loss from macular degeneration may be making more difficult. These videos, featuring Beth Daisy from Future in Sight, are made possible by the Palmina Gioioso Fund.
AMD Living: Tips for Writing with Low Vision
In this quick video, Beth Daisy offers tips for writing with low vision from macular degeneration. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor of her memory.
AMD Living: Tools for Reading with Low Vision
In this quick video, Beth Daisy demonstrates some tools that can make reading with macular degeneration easier. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor of her memory.
AMD Living: Low Vision Shopping List
Something as simple as making a shopping list can be a challenge with macular degeneration. Beth Daisy offers some low vision tools for making a shopping list in this short video. Beth Daisy is a low vision occupational therapist at Future in Sight. This video was made possible by The Palmina Gioioso Fund, in honor…