Vision & Health Blog

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• Tech Talk

  All About Alexa

  April 18, 2023 - Lighthouse Guild tech experts discuss Amazon Alexa Products.

  

• Blog

  Mental Health Awareness Can Help with Vision Loss

  Mental health awareness and management are vital to a healthy lifestyle and influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Some people who experience vision loss later in life are more vulnerable to mental health struggles but are unaware of them.

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  Leveling Up Accessible Video Game Features: How New Technology is Making Gaming More Immersive and Inclusive for People with Vision Loss

  For decades, people with vision loss had limited options when it came to accessing video games. Aside from screen magnification and text-to-voice tools, gamers who are blind or visually impaired didn’t have many ways to play their favorite titles. But in recent years, the same cutting-edge technology used to create games has been used to also make them more accessible for people with vision impairment.

  

• Blog

  What is Chat GPT?

  And What Does It Have to Do with Assistive Technology? Chat GPT stands for Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer and was developed by an AI research…

  

• Tech Talk

  Introduction to iPhone Accessibility (Part 1)

  February 21, 2023 - Lighthouse Guild tech experts provide tips on basic accessibility features and how to access them on your device.

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  A Celebration of Sound and Song: Music Tech Shines the Spotlight on Musicians with Vision Loss

  Marcus Roberts, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and even Louis Braille (who invented the Braille Music Notation system still used today) prove that musicians who are blind or visually impaired have made profound impacts on our musical landscape.

  

• Blog

  Providing Assistance to People who are Visually Impaired

  This 11-minute video presentation identifies situations where a person who is visually impaired may want assistance from another person, demonstrates the proper way to offer assistance to and walk with a person with vision impairment, and describes strategies for effective communication, including descriptive talking.

  

• Blog

  Common Causes of Vision Impairment

  This 16-minute video presentation discusses vision-threatening eye diseases and conditions most common in adults, including their symptoms, causes and impact on vision. Approaches for avoiding preventable vision loss and maintaining good eye health are also provided.

  

• Blog

  Acanthamoeba Keratitis

  Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) is a rare but serious infection of the eye that can result in permanent visual impairment or blindness.

  

• Assistive Technology Interventions 

  Assistive Technology Interventions from a Vision Rehabilitation ClinicBryan Wolynski, OD, FAAO, Inna Babaeva, PhD, OTR Introduction Lighthouse Guild (LGI) provides comprehensive multidisciplinary medical and vision…