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JVIB Special Issue on Age-Related Macular Degeneration Addresses the Cause of the Majority of Vision Loss Among Seniors in the United States

The JVIB Special Issue on Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) seeks to encourage further discussion in the field of geriatric vision rehabilitation and low vision practice and bring awareness of the methods of effective vision rehabilitation for individuals living with AMD, the leading cause of visual impairment among seniors in the United States. Edited by Lylas Mogk, M.D., medical director, Visual Rehabilitation and Research Center, Henry Ford Health System, and Gale Watson, M.Ed., C.L.V.T., national director, Blind Rehabilitation Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC, the special issue opens with a Guest Editorial, which highlights the drastic increase in AMD, and underscores the fact that professionals who work with this population need to understand the importance of the "physical, psychological, and cultural differences that sculpt seniors' experiences of vision loss and how these factors influence their approach to rehabilitation." The Guest Editorial is available free online for all to read. The JVIB Special Issue on Macular Degeneration is available in print and online. Single copies of the print edition are available for purchase from the AFB Press online bookstore. In addition, the articles and reports of this issue can be purchased individually from the ePublications area of the bookstore.

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Three sections of JVIB are available free online to the public: Speaker's Corner, Perspectives, and This Mattered to Me. These columns are platforms for members of the blindness field who are invited to express their points of view about timely, important, and controversial issues, or to share their passion for meaningful JVIB articles that remain relevant today. Readers of these columns are encouraged to visit the JVIB online message board, and voice their opinions on these important topics.

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