The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new technical assistance document (“TAD”), “Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act,” addressing how the ...

Like the Social Security Administration (SSA), many government agencies have their own definitions of visual impairment and acceptable methods for assessing visual field loss. Assessments using these ...

Not everyone who wears ordinary glasses or contact lenses is an individual with a disability under the ADA. An individual who uses ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses that are intended to fully ...

Blindness is a spectrum and can affect people in a variety of ways. A visual disability cannot be corrected with contacts, glasses or surgery. For me, my visual disability is caused by genetics, which ...

Richard Osman opens up about visual impairment that means he sees as if ‘driving in dense fog’ - ‘I can’t see birds in trees, ...

To remotely teach her 5-year-old blind student how to navigate a new school this summer, Jennifer Freeman, an orientation and mobility in Escondido County, Calif., had to get creative. She made a ...

Visual impairment (VI) is estimated to affect around 1 in 11 US adults aged 65 and older and is associated with an increased risk of falls, social isolation, loss of independence, disability, and ...

Arlet Ramirez, 37, center, laughs as she walks toward the ocean for her first surfing lesson during the Visual Experience Foundation's 4th annual Surfing for Vision event in Long Branch. August 17, ...

Perimetry, also known as visual field testing, is an essential diagnostic tool for assessing various ophthalmic conditions, including glaucoma, optic neuropathies, and disorders affecting the retina ...