Vision & Health Blog

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• Blog

  Consistency of Preferred Retinal Locus Across Tasks in Participants Trained With a Simulated Scotoma

  The prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (MD) continues to increase throughout the United States and Western Countries

  

• Making the Holidays Bright for Children with Visual Impairment

  The holiday season is upon us! This can be an exciting and busy time of year for everyone. For parents of children with visual impairment…

  

• Lectures

  2022 Lighthouse Guild Awards Lecture

  The 2022 Lighthouse Guild Awards Lecture featured Bressler Prize recipient Dr. Sheila Nirenberg for her groundbreaking work in decoding the retina’s neural code to help restore vision in people with retinal degeneration; Pisart Award honoree Javier Pita Lozano, CEO of NaviLens, for developing innovative technology that enhances navigation and accessibility in public spaces; and the inaugural Morse Lecture recipient Haben Girma, a renowned human rights lawyer and disability justice advocate, who inspired audiences with her message that disability is an opportunity for innovation and inclusion.

  

• Lectures

  An Evening with Haben Girma

  Haben Girma, noted human rights lawyer, disability justice advocate and author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, sat down with moderator Peter Slatin, Founder and President of Slatin Group LLC, for an in-depth discussion about advocacy, disability rights, and the ways that ableism continues to affect people with disabilities every day.

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  New Approaches in Access: Smart Tools for Indoor Navigation and Information Transfer

  This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

  

• Gift Shopping Tips For People With Vision Loss

  By Jeremy Morak and Jeff Ambury For some, shopping for gifts can be tricky. The pressure people put on themselves to find that one item…

  

• Blog

  Losing Vision Doesn’t Mean Job Loss, there is Help Available

  When someone is losing vision for the first time or losing additional vision due to a progressive condition and finding the function of how they…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  AI Revolutionizes Vision Tech, Ophthalmology, and Medicine as We Know It

  In 1997, Gary Kasparov lost an epic chess rematch to IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue, but since then, artificial intelligence has become humanity’s life-saving collaborator. This episode explores how AI will revolutionize vision technology and, beyond that, all of medicine.

  

• Blog

  The Cooking Without Looking TV Show Lighthouse Guild Edition

  “Cooking Without Looking,” hosts Allen Preston and Annette Watkins are joined by three guests from Lighthouse Guild – clients Cathy Phillips and Laura Good, along…

  

• Blog

  BACK-TO-SCHOOL: Learning For Visually-Impaired Children & Teachers 

  By Wendy Devitt and Margaret Walters   Originally posted on Able News Going back to school is an exciting time full of new beginnings. This…