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Blindness:     more books (103)

Blindness of the Heart: A Novel by Julia Franck, 2010-10-05 Blindness (Movie Tie-In) by Jose Saramago, 2008-09-02 Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism (Theory andHistory of Literature) by Paul De Man, 1983-10-03 The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self by Alice Miller, Andrew Jenkins, 2002-12 Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad by AndrewC. Mccarthy, 2009-12-08 Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening by Stephen Kuusisto, 2006-09-17 The unseen minority: A social history of blindness in America by Frances A Koestler, 1976 Scattered Shadows: A Memoir of Blindness and Vision by John Howard Griffin, 2004-05 Hysterical Blindness by Laura Cahill, 1999-06 Taking Hold: My Journey Into Blindness by Sally Hobart Alexander, 1994-11-01 THE BLINDNESS CURE: HOW TO RESTORE AWARENESS AND WHY YOU NEED TO by Ph.D., Master Deac Cataldo Carol E. McMahon, 2009-01-14 Inattentional Blindness by Arien Mack, Irvin Rock, 2000-07-31 The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment (Facts on File Library of Health and Living) by Susan Shelly, Allan Richard, M.D. Rutzen, et all 2002-08 Blindness and visual impairments: information and advocacy organizations by Unknown, 2007-01-01

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1. Welcome To Prevent Blindness America
   Volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight in America.Category Health Conditions and Diseases blindness OrganizationsPrevent blindness America is the nations leading volunteer eye health andsafety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.  
   http://www.preventblindness.org/

2. Blindness For Kids
   A legally blind retired schoolteacher explains what blindness is and how it affects people. Includes a section of famous blind people.  
   http://pittsford.monroe.edu/Jefferson/CALFIERI/Blind/BlindKidsMain.html

3. Blindness Resource Center: A Service Of The New York Institute For Special Educa
   NYISE offers resources on blindness, including braille, eye conditions, vendors, and access technology for the blind and visually impaired.  
   http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm

4. Blindness-Related Emailing Lists
   Subscribe to blindnessrelated emailing lists and pan-disability and access-issues lists directly from this comprehensive hypertext index.  
   http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html
   
   Extractions: A Note to Listowners This document contains instructions on how to join over two hundred blindness-related emailing lists and blindness-related newsgroups , along with hypertext links which allow you to subscribe to any of the lists. It also contains an extensive listing of accessibility and pan-disability lists , as well as a list of emailing lists that are not blindness-related, but which are frequented by blind members , and a selective list of emailing list-related resources . A zipped archive of this hypertext document is available at: A plain ASCII version of this list is available from: A zipped version of the ASCII file, blist.zip , can be downloaded via anonymous ftp from the pub/poehlman NFBnet.org BLIST is also available via email. To obtain a plain text version of BLIST via email , type the line GET BLIST INFO in the BODY of an emessage, and send it to:

5. Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Usher Syndrome, Stargardt Disease :
   Funds research at over 50 institutions in the US and the world in the area of degenerative retinal diseases.Category Health Medicine Ophthalmology ResearchThe Foundation Fighting blindness is a publiclysupported charity raising moneyto fund research for macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Usher  
   http://www.blindness.org/

6. Color Deficient Vision
   Color blindness simulation of the websafe colors in cards and charts with explanation, illustrations, and instructions.  
   http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
   
   Extractions: simulations Toward the lower left on the Card and the Chart is a simulation of deuteranopia , a common variety of color blindness. This is from the Greek for "second doesn't see" referring to the second cones in the retina of the eye that respond primarily to green light and are presumed to be defective in this condition. This doesn't mean that greens are invisible to people with deuteranopia. Human vision is complicated. The role of the green cones is less to detect green light than to distinguish it from red. Similarly, when the red cones "don't see" (protanopia), the main consequence is that reds, yellows and greens are indistinguishable. This figure simulates the web-safe colors as they appear in a deuteranopic condition. In most other categories of color blindness, protanopia, protoanomaly and deuteranomaly, the view is very similar but there are subtle differences. In one very rare form, called tritanopia, affecting thirty people in a million, colors appear very differently. The

7. Information About Vision Loss And Blindness
   Information and diagrams with links to other helpful sites.  
   http://www.99main.com/~charlief/blindness.html
   
   Extractions: The eye and a camera have a lot in common. They both have compound lenses. To focus a camera you move the lens backward or forward. The eye is focused by the ciliary muscle witch stretches the lens, changing its shape. The iris, just like the aperture in a camera, controls the amount of light that enters the eye. The aperture in a camera protects the film from over exposure. The iris in the eye protects the sensitive retina from light damage. The retina is like the film in a camera, covering the back of the eye. It contains millions of photoreceptor cells. These cells convert light rays into electrical signals that are sent to the brain through the optic nerve. The signals from both eyes are combined and converted into sight by the brain. (Next) for a more detailed look at the eye and descriptions of its various parts.

8. Vision Impairment, National Center On Birth Defects And Developmental Disabiliti
   or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. "blindness" is defined as a visual acuity worse than 20/400, with the best  
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddvi.htm
   
   Extractions: Prevention ... NCBDDD Home What is vision impairment? Vision impairment means that a person's eyesight cannot be corrected to a "normal" level. It is a loss of vision that makes it hard or impossible to do daily tasks without specialized adaptations. Vision impairment may be caused by a loss of visual acuity, where the eye does not see objects as clearly as usual. It may also be caused by a loss of visual field, where the eye cannot see as wide an area as usual without moving the eyes or turning the head. There are different ways of describing how severe a person's vision loss is. The World Health Organization defines "low vision" as visual acuity between 20/70 and 20/400, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. "Blindness" is defined as a visual acuity worse than 20/400, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 10 degrees or less. Someone with a visual acuity of 20/70 can see at 20 feet what someone with normal sight can see at 70 feet. Someone with a visual acuity of 20/400 can see at 20 feet what someone with normal sight can see at 400 feet. A normal visual field is about 160-170 degrees horizontally. Vision impairment severity may be categorized differently for certain purposes. In the United States, for example, we use the term "legal blindness" to indicate that a person is eligible for certain education or federal programs. Legal blindness is defined as a visual acuity of 20/200 or worse, with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.

9. Fighting Blindness (Ireland)
   This self-help voluntary organisation, promoting research into retinal degenerative diseases, provides Category Regional Europe Society and Culture Disability ResourcesFighting blindness is a selfhelp voluntary organisation which promotesresearch into Retinal Degenerative Diseases . Fighting blindness.  
   http://www.fightingblindness.ie/
   
   Extractions: Fighting Blindness Totally committed to finding treatments and cures for all forms of blindness and related sensory loss through the promotion of Irish research Mission Statement About The Conditions For details on the ' Easter Egg Campaign' 2003 contact Eamonn or Marie at 3rd Annual IPPOSI Meeting 'Turning Research Into Cures' Happy 20th Birthday Fighting Blindness!!!! Wicklow Challenge 2003: Can You Hike it? Glittering Night At the Races! Kate Doyle and Jockey Barry Geraghty pictured with Chair of the Fighting Blindness Appeals Committee, Patricia Burke at the inaugural betfair racing ball in aid of Fighting Blindness in the Leopardstown Pavilion February 8th last. For Further information Contact: 01 873 1004 FIGHTING BLINDNESS IN VIETNAM 2003 A new social site has been set up for anyone living on the Island of Ireland, 18-40, who has a physical disability, epilepsy or depression. The address for the Irish Disability Social Site is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irishdissocial2 Science Breakthrough at TCD Ocular Genetics Unit Report on Age Related Conditons Breakthrough in RP Research Hotlinks ... News Number of Visits to this Site This was built with 16 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.

10. Color Blindness - Color Vision
    An overview of this condition by St. Luke's Cataract Laser Institute.  
    http://www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/ColorBlindness.asp
    
    Extractions: Color Blindness Overview Color blindness may be a hereditary condition or caused by disease of the optic nerve or retina . Acquired color vision problems only affect the eye with the disease and may become progressively worse over time. Patients with a color vision defect caused by disease usually have trouble discriminating blues and yellows. Inherited color blindness is most common, affects both eyes, and does not worsen over time. This type is found in about 8% of males and 0.4% of females. These color problems are linked to the X chromosome and are almost always passed from a mother to her son. Color blindness may be partial (affecting only some colors), or complete (affecting all colors). Complete color blindness is very rare. Those who are completely color blind often have other serious eye problems as well. Photoreceptors called cones allow us to appreciate color. These are concentrated in the very center of the retina and contain three photosensitive pigments: red, green and blue. Those with defective color vision have a deficiency or absence in one or more of these pigments. Those with normal color vision are referred to as trichromats. People with a deficiency in one of the pigments are called anomalous trichromats (the most common type of color vision problem.) A dichromat has a complete absence in one cone pigment.

11. The Church And Blindness
    Increasing awareness for visually impaired worshippers, to launch an appeal to initiate a ministry Category Health Conditions and Diseases blindness OrganizationsThe Church and blindness Registered Charity No. 1078425, read the wordsof support from the Archbishop inside. Our new unframed site  
    http://www.church4blind.org.uk/

12. Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Usher, Stargardt
    The Foundation Fighting blindness is a publiclysupported charity raising money to fund research for macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Usher syndrome, Stagardt disease, related diseases, and providing information, resources and  
    http://redirect-west.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.blindness.org&y=0236788957C5

13. Prevent Blindness America--Amblyopia FAQ
    Answers to some frequently asked questions about Amblyopia.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Eye Disorders AmblyopiaPrevent blindness America is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health andsafety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.  
    http://www.preventblindness.org/children/amblyopiaFAQ.html
    
    Extractions: Amblyopia is reduced vision in an eye that has not received adequate use during early childhood. Amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye," has many causes. Most often it results from either a misalignment of a child's eyes, such as crossed eyes, or a difference in image quality between the two eyes (one eye focusing better than the other.) In both cases, one eye becomes stronger, suppressing the image of the other eye. If this condition persists, the weaker eye may becomes useless. With early diagnosis and treatment, the sight in the "lazy eye" can be restored. The earlier the treatment, the better the opportunity to reverse the vision loss. Before treating amblyopia, it may be necessary to first treat the underlying cause.

14. Illinois Society For The Prevention Of Blindness
    Provides public resources for safety and care of eyes, along with eye disease. Includes The Visionary, a publication that explores research projects, issues and news of interest.  
    http://www.eyehealthillinois.org/

15. Blindness Resource Center: Access To The Internet And Web
    Access to the Internet by persons with blindness or visual impairment with accessibleweb design, lynx, nettamer, emacspeak, UltraSonix, and XWindows.  
    http://www.nyise.org/access.htm
    
    Extractions: Adaptive Technology for the Internet : Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All - is a handbook for accessability at Amazon.com. Accessible Web Page Design Links from the disABILITY website Accessibility Home Page : at Microsoft Design Considerations: An excellently written essay on accessible web design for persons with visual impairments. Designing an Accessible Web: Trace Center Site Hints for designing accessible Websites - RNIB Resources on Web Access from The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre of University of Toronto Royal National Institute for the Blind's Campaign for Good Web Design Usability of Information and the WWW: UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program Return to Access Index Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other "curses-oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) hypertext documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current versions of Lynx run on DOS, UNIX and VMS.

16. BLINDNESS
    Brief report on evidence of a link between smoking and agerelated macular degeneration.  
    http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/tcu/3-97/BLINDNESS.html
    
    Extractions: SMOKING CAN LEAD TO BLINDNESS In two articles published in the October 9, 1996 issue of The Journal of American Medicine and in a report to the American Aging Association, researchers helped strengthen the link between cigarette smoking and Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). AMD is a condition in which the cell layer behind the retina begins to rot and rupture producing blurred vision and desensitivity to color. According to the researchers AMD is the main cause of new cases of blindness among people over 65. The researchers provided two hypothesis for the link between cigarette smoking and the degeneration. First, is that the cigarette smoking reduces levels of plasma antioxidant, a substance in the blood stream which protects the cells in the retina. This leaves the rather delicate cells of the eyes macula lutea (parts of the retina) left unprotected from oxygen molecules. The second hypothesis states that damage may occur when poor circulation (constricted blood vessels) due to smoking causes the protective layer between the retina and blood vessels to erode. This allows fluid to leak between membranes causing irritation and scarring. The fi rst study conducted by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, followed 32,000 female nurses aged 50 and 59 for a twelve year period. Those who smoked more than 25 cigarettes a day had a two and half times greater risk of developing macular degeneration. The second study, conducted by doctors at the Brigham and Women's hospital and Harvard Medical School, focused on 21,000 male doctors over the same twelve year period and reported similar results.

17. Blindness Resource Center Resource Sites On Blindness
    The blindness Resource Center's blindness Links has dozens of links related to blindness and visual impairments. Resource Sites on blindness. THIS PAGE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN  
    http://www.nyise.org/blindness.htm

18. Blindness Related Resources
    Index of blindness related resources on the web and beyond. blindnessRelatedResources on the Web and Beyond. (last updated February 12, 2003).  
    http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html
    
    Extractions: on the Web and Beyond (last updated February 12, 2003) When I first mounted this page on my web site, Camera Obscura This is not , nor is intended to be, an encyclopedic index of blindness-related resources on the 'net... It is merely a collection of links that I have either come to rely upon personally or which I have stumbled across in the course of my own personal webcrawling. They are offered here merely as jumping-off points for the exploration of blindness-related resources, for following any one of the links listed on this page will open a Pandora's box of information. And that , my friends, is the true beauty of hypertext...

19. A Blind Teen's Point Of View:
    Monthly writings about living with blindness.  
    http://www.carefreeenterprise.com/arielle/
    
    Extractions: My Journey into a New World The fact that we were all visually impaired also presented several obstacles that challenged my abilities and strengthened my confidence. By some random act of chance, all four of the girls living in my dorm room were totally blind (as opposed to having some functional vision). One of the main guidelines of the trip was that we could not request sighted help unless it was absolutely necessary. As a result, all of us faced the challenge of locating and keeping track of our personal belongings without sight. Though I frequently endured the frustration of not being able to find something in my room, this constant challenge forced me to use my orientation skills in an unfamiliar environment. It also allowed me to appreciate the sighted guidance that I do receive in my current life. We lived on the campus of the Maryland School for the Blind, so in order to reach the tourist attractions of Washington, D.C., we relied on a great deal of public transportation. Each day we rose early, took a one-hour train ride into the city, and traveled to our destination by subway or on foot. As I navigated crowded subways and hurried across busy streets to move from place to place, I was exposed firsthand to the practical challenges of traveling independently in an unfamiliar city. The unique challenges of the trip provided me with invaluable life experiences that will prepare me for the challenges of living as a blind adult.

20. Fight For Sight
    Information about the work and fundraising efforts of charity fighting the battle against blindness.  
    http://www.fightforsight.org.uk

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