JVIB

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB)

JVIB is the premier international, interdisciplinary journal of record on blindness and visual impairment that publishes scholarship and information and serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas, airing of controversies, and discussion of issues. JVIB is a monthly publication that includes research articles, as well as shorter pieces of interest to practitioners and extensive news coverage about the field of visual impairment.

New JVIB FAQs

Visit the newly added JVIB Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page, which includes questions about nearly every aspect of JVIB and features links to pages within our own web site that have information on everything from how to quickly find all the back issues of JVIB Online to how to prepare a manuscript for publication.

JVIB Special Supplement

The Special Supplement on Vision Loss and Public Health, supported in part by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offers JVIB readers an overview of the public health aspects of vision loss in the United States. Edited by Corinne Kirchner, senior research scientist emerita of the American Foundation for the Blind, and consulting editor for research of JVIB, and with contributions from prominent writers in the fields of both vision loss and public health, the issue provides a strong argument for collaboration between the public health arena and the vision loss field to better meet the needs of people who are living with visual impairments. The articles in this issue cover a variety of topics, ranging from diabetes management for people with vision loss, to raising awareness of low vision through public health education, to the finding that older people with vision loss face a greater risk of chronic health conditions than their peers without vision loss.

This special issue of the journal is a landmark in the literature of the field and free for all to read here.

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.

Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the author(s); likewise, any advertisement is the responsibility of the advertiser. Neither necessarily carries the endorsement of the publisher or the Editorial Advisory Board. The guidelines for contributors are available at www.afb.org/jvib_guidelines.asp.

AER members may purchase the print edition of JVIB, for an additional fee as part of their AER membership. To place an order, please contact AER directly at 877-492-2708 or http://aerbvi.org/downloads/5/0/JVIB108printword.doc.

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