Hoom seems good I will explore it shortly On 2/4/11, Rishi Kewalramani <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > The English Longitudinal Study has found that people with poor eyesight are > three to five times more likely than those with good eyesight to suffer from > low quality of life, poor psychological health, and depression. When those > inequalities are accounted for through Low vision aids, however, the impact > of poor eyesight itself makes almost no difference. Low vision > rehabilitation can help balance many inequalities by strengthening other > senses that have lain dormant in deference to sight. By awakening those > senses, most independent activities of daily living can be continued, and > quality of life can be maintained. > > If you are in the intermediate to late stage of vision loss, you may > be considering making the transition from visual to nonvisual > practices in some of your daily activities. Low vision rehabilitation > is designed to address those challenges, but if such services are > unavailable, a self-help guide might be useful. > > The MD list moderator, Dan Roberts, has put together such a helpful guide. > > "A Self-Help Guide to Nonvisual Skills" can be accessed in PDF format by > selecting > this link: > > http://www.mdsupport.org/guide.pdf > > The guide is designed for people who are wanting to learn of the many > alternatives that exist to replace low vision. It could be just as > useful, however, to people who still have functional vision, but who > would find it easier to supplement with some nonvisual skills. It is > screen-reader friendly and printed in large font. Your computer > probably already has Acrobat Reader installed to open it, but if not, > you can download it for free from: > > http://get.adobe.com/reader > > Twenty-one categories of daily activities are recognized as important > to independent living, and nearly all of the activities can be > accomplished using senses other than sight. By identifying those > senses and learning how to use them, we can find encouragement in > knowing that our quality of life does not have to lessen due to vision > loss. > > All of those categories are listed in a self-evaluation contained in > the guide, along with activities specific to them. You are encouraged > to use the checklist to identify areas where you could personally > benefit from learning about alternatives to eyesight. > > Following the checklist, brief lessons are printed that relate to each > of the areas of activity. These lessons introduce helpful devices, > technology, software, and procedures that can help us maintain our > quality of life. The ideas in the lessons are compilations of many of > the ideas we have shared on the Internet over the years, supplemented > with information provided by our monthly presenters and other > professional resources. > > As we know, learning new ways of doing things requires tenacity and > adaptability. Maintaining a high quality of life, however, is worth > every effort. > > I hope you'll find this guide to be > beneficial. > Dan Roberts > MDList Owner > [email protected] > > Get numbers right this time, help the census with correct disability info! >
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