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For those managing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), it can be overwhelming to navigate the plethora of information available online, and many people don’t know where to start. AMD Central is that starting point. Take control of your AMD and learn how to live your best life with relevant care, support, and treatment tips.Launched in partnership with leading patient advocacy organizations, AMD Central is designed to help reduce the time spent looking for resources. Visit and bookmark us, today! www.AMDCentral.org.

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Sometimes the amount of information available online can be overwhelming, especially as you search for resources to help you navigate your life or that of a loved one with AMD. That is why, this #WorldSightDay we are reaffirming our commitment to people impacted by this type of vision loss, as a trusted guide along your journey, to make this process easier. A cooperation of MD Support, The Support Sight Foundation, American Macular Degeneration Foundation, Bright Focus F...oundation, and Prevent Blindness are excited to announce that we’re developing a new website that will host our most critical resources. You’ll soon be able to access everything from how-to resources and details about upcoming events, to information on support groups and talking to your doctor in one central location. We are taking this time to get it right and are proud to be working with fellow patient advocates who understand the needs of the AMD community. We look forward to sharing more with you in the months to come!

For those living with wet AMD, simple design changes can make big improvements that can support independence. We’ve partnered with @Novartis and spokesperson @NateBerkus to develop key principles for improving safety without sacrificing style. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2KkEkgE

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) affects over 11 million people in the United States. For every Like or Share, Bausch + Lomb will donate $1* to Prevent Blindness to fund advocacy and research in the fight against AMD. #SightMatters Learn more at: SightMatters.com

One of the frustrations of visual impairment is the difficulty of explaining our vision to others. We often hear things like, How did you see that? I thought you were blind! Another issue we deal with is how to personally keep track of our vision changesthroughout the progression of our disease. Our eye doctors have highly technical and expensive equipment that shows them how we see. But we are not usually privy to such information, and if we do get copies of our exams, how... do we make sense of them? Now there’s a way. A new partnership between Macular Degeneration Support (MD Support) and AMD Health Storylines has yielded the first home exam that creates an image of our visual field. Dan Roberts, founding director of MD Support and creator of the Visual Field Self-Exam, says, This is a simple and effective tool for not only tracking our vision, but for enlightening our family and friends. AMD Health Storylines has made the exam available for free on their website, along with many other tools to help people live well with AMD. Among those are symptom and medication trackers, complete information about AMD, eye appointments, records of personal health information, and opportunities to connect with other AMD patients. All information is securely stored and password-protected. The application is free and easy to use. Simply visit AMD.HealthStorylines.com, register, and click the Visual Field Self-Test tool. As an introductory gift, the first 20 people who try out the Visual Field Self-Test will receive a free copy of Dan Roberts’ best-selling book, The First YearAge-Related Macular Degeneration.

We are pleased to provide LowViz Guide for the following state and national conventions in 2018: Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians American Council of the Blind National Blinded Veterans Association... Foundation Fighting Blindness National Federation of the Blind of New York National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts National Federation of the Blind of Ohio National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee Texas Council of the Blind Missouri Council of the Blind Ohio Council of the Blind Oregon Council of the Blind See more