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The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created AFB Senior Site to help older Americans and their family members cope with age-related eye diseases—a growing public health problem in this country.
Eye experts say that by the year 2030, rates of vision loss from diseases like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy are expected to double as the nation's 78 million baby boomers reach retirement age.
AFB Senior Site is designed to encourage aging adults with eye diseases to live independently and productively. The site connects seniors, family members, and caregivers to local services and showcases a wide range of assistive living products available to people with vision loss. It also contains information on the resources and tools needed to continue to read, shop, cook, manage finances, and go out with friends.
Visitors will also find inspiring video testimonials from seniors who have been recently diagnosed with eye diseases. Their compelling stories offer a positive outlook and help dispel fears about what living with vision loss means.
About AFB Center on Vision Loss
AFB Senior Site was designed to give people access to all the great tools and resources offered at the AFB Center on Vision Loss in Dallas, Texas. The newly established Center is the first of its kind—a unique demonstration and information center dedicated to helping people with vision loss live independently. At the Center, visitors can walk through a model vision loss-friendly apartment, try out the various low- and high-tech gadgets in a realistic home setting, get ideas for modifications they can make in their own homes, and find out where to obtain the products they've tested.
About AFB
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss. AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources. Headquartered in New York, AFB is proud to house the Helen Keller Archives and honor the more than forty years that Helen Keller worked tirelessly with AFB.
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I take vision loss day by day, and my days are better than ever.
