Simulation of Vision Impairment
Explore my own attempt to show illustrations of what the world might look like to people with some common eye conditions by clicking on a link:
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Allergan Pharmaceuticals
contact: Karen Bringas
mail: P.O. Box 19534, Irvine, CA 92713-9534
internet: http://www.allernet.allergan.com
voice: 800-347-4500 x4188, 714-752-4500
This vendor of eye care products has pediatric items and educational materials, including free posters with simulations of eye conditions.
American Optometric Association
mail: 243 North Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141
internet: http://www.aoanet.org
fax: 314-991-4101
voice: 314-991-4100
Video cassette on how the eye works, several pamphlets on eye conditions (send self- addressed, stamped envelope), and models of the eye. Voice phone extension 329 will access facts about visual conditions. The internet site has eye care advice for parents and a fun page for the children (with optical illusions, etc).
Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
internet: http://www.acbvi.org/albums/vision/index.html
A slide show shows simulated views of what the world might look like for people with common visual impairments.
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
mail: 215 Sheldon S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503
internet: http://www.grcmc.org/blindser/cblind.html
e-mail: blindserve@j2K.com
voice: 800-466-8084, 616-458-1187
Their web site shows how the world might look to people with different eye conditions.
DAAS Consulting
mail: P.O. Box 93545, Nelson Park PO, Vancouver, BC V6E 4L7 CANADA
e-mail: daascon@istar.ca
Vision problems simulations kits for professionals. These may be ordered through the mail, and are not found in stores.
Lighthouse, Inc., The
mail: 111 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022
TTY: 212-821-9713
voice: 800-334-5497, 212-821-9200
"VisualEyes Simulators" are a set of glasses which simulate functional vision loss. Poster "A Photographic Essay on Partial Sight".
Stereo Vision Project, The
internet: http://www.vision3d.com
e-mail: webmaster@vision3d.com
Has information on humans' vision in three dimensions, including a checklist for parents.
Swiss National Association of and for the Blind
mail: Schuetzengasse 4, CH-9000 St. Gallen SWITZERLAND
fax: 0041-71-222-73-18
voice: 0041-71-223-36-36
Sells a video cassette called Between Sight and Sightlessness II, which shows simulated examples of different visual conditions.
Zimmerman, George J.
internet: http://www.lowvisionsimulationkit.com/
"Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit" uses welder's goggles to simulate different degrees of loss of acuity or loss of field.
This page was last updated July, 2008.