Return to. to provide information and support; to develop and expand resources for parents and their children; and to help parents gain understanding of blindness through contact with blind adults. All topics related to family life and blindness are welcome here. www. familyvillage. wisc. edu/lib_blnd. htm. Fireworks Splice HTML. www. literacytrust. org. uk/Database/blind. html www. literacytrust. org. uk/Database/blind. html. American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a U. S. nonprofit organization enabling blind or visually impaired people to achieve equality and access. Provides information and referrals about living with visual impairment. Helen Keller devoted over 40 years of her life to AFB. www. afb. org/. However, although simple eye examinations and the provision of prescription glasses or contact lenses can correct or improve most cases of visual impairment caused by refractive errors, persons with diabetes also can have ocular complications such as diabetic retinopathy, which is the leading cause of legal blindness in the. www. medscape. com/viewarticle/547888_print. Vision impairment can range from mild to severe. The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness in the United States are age-related eye diseases: macular degeneration, The primary NIH organization for research on Vision Impairment and Blindness is the National Eye Institute. www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/visionimpairmentandblindnes. www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/visionimpairmentandblindness. html. Agencies and Associations | JobLine | NH Agenda | NH NAPVI | NHBlind-Talk Listserv Services for Blind and Visually Impaired | Sight Services for Independent Living www. nhbvi. com/. Blindness, Visual Impairment and the Problem of Uncorrected Refractive Error in a Mexican-American Population: Proyecto VER PURPOSE. To report the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment and the contribution of uncorrected refractive error to visual loss, www. iovs. org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/608. Prevalance of Functional Blindness, Visual Impairment, and Related Functional Deficits Among Elderly Mexican Americans Background. This report describes the prevalence and correlates of functional blindness and visual impairment among older Mexican Americans, biomed. gerontologyjournals. org/cgi/content/abstract/56/. biomed. gerontologyjournals. org/cgi/content/abstract/56/9/M548. Embed URL. bb&ob; border-bottom : 1px solid #E2ECF5; &cb;.