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    • JANUARY 26, 2018
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    Stargardt’s Disease

    Stargardt’s Disease is a rare inherited retina disorder that strikes in childhood and adolescence, stealing vision. Also called juvenile macular degeneration, the disease causes progressive damage to the center of the retina that provides central vision. We work with many people who have Stargardt’s Disease, including Bryan and Bradford Manning, two visionaries who are theRead more
    • FEBRUARY 4, 2021
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    Seeing Clearly for the First Time: My Experience at Low Vision Specialists of Maryland & Virginia

    Seeing Clearly for the First Time: My Experience at Low Vision Specialists of Maryland & Virginia

    Before my freshmen year of high school, I had never even heard the term “low vision” before. That all changed when I started an advanced math class and needed accommodations in order to see the instruction. I had mostly gone through life going to a regular eye doctor once a year and wearing glasses. ThingsRead more
    • DECEMBER 19, 2016
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    Safety in the dark and cold depends upon great lighting.

    Winter brings ice, snow and long periods of darkness that pose significant hazards to those living with low vision. Icy patches and uneven walking surfaces make for treacherous walking and create more than ample opportunity to trip, slip and fall. Short winter days require longer use of artificial lighting and the shadows they cast canRead more
    • DECEMBER 13, 2016
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    Rehabilitating low vision with technology

    Rehabilitating low vision with technology

    In medicine’s ongoing efforts to enhance low vision, technology plays an essential role. Some of the advances seem like the stuff of flying cars and cities in the sky but they are not - they are very real and in our hands today. Implantable micro lenses and telescopic lenses are incredibly important to the restorationRead more