Coping Courageously With Vision Loss
Use it or lose it. Isn't that how it goes? Not anymore. When it comes to vision, you can lose it and still use it, if you know how to maximize your rehab options.
Can a legally blind person enjoy watching television from twelve feet away? Or hold a valid driver's license? Author Bill Chapman, legally blind for 30 years, can do these things and more. In fact, Chapman has driven over 700,000 miles as a legally blind, but licensed driver.
In his new book, "Coping With Vision Loss", the author explains how a person who has severe visual impairment can improve his life through vision rehabilitation, learning important facts about eyes and vision, and selecting the correct optical and electronic aids. Chapman also discusses how others have coped with emotional aspects of eye fatigue and discomfort in order to maintain self-confidence and independence.
Both from personal experience and research, Chapman reviews
- facts about eyes, vision, and rehabilitation.
- causes and types of diseases leading to vision loss.
- skills that the partially sighted person must learn.
- affordable and convenient low-vision aids.
Readers who embrace the skills and coping techniques discussed in this book can minimize or overcome the devastating impact of vision loss, while regaining independence, privacy and self-esteem.
"Coping With Vision Loss: maximizing what you can see and do", Bill Chapman, 304 pages, 2001, $16.95, Hunter House Pulishing, Alameda, California. In bookstores now.
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