Low Vision Matters

”[A] practical, potentially life-saving guide … The authors also promote working since, after all, visiondoesn’t determine intelligence or skill level, and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Actprovides protection. They also share an excellent list of resources, including the AmericanCouncil of the Blind Job Connection, the Free White Cane Program, and Guide Dogs for theBlind.” -Booklist (ALA)

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over seven million people in the US alone suffer from severe vision loss or blindness, yet there are few, if any, books that are written specifically for these people, their families, or their caretakers-until now … In Low Vision Matters, authors Laura J. Stevens and Thomas Blackman provide a comprehensive guide to all the key aids and equipment now available-along with important practical advice-to those who are vision-challenged … [this is a] book that not only provides solutions to problems, but also talks about the many moments of frustration and anger that comes with the loss of sight … [includes] an extensive Resources section along with various other crucial contacts those with low vision and their loved ones and caretakers need to know. Times have changed. Low Vision Matters provides a wealth of information that can vastly improve the daily life of a person living with vision loss or blindness.”

“Ideal for the non-specialist general reader seeking reliable information on dealing with low vision issues … exceptionally well written and thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ in organization and presentation … especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, senior citizen center, and college/university library Vision Health/Medicine collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.”

Thomas Blackman, MHA, received a Master’s degree in Blind Rehabilitation from Western Michigan University. Thomas provided Orientation & Mobility instruction at Bosma Enterprises in Indianapolis for several years. He then served as Founder and Director of the Assistive Technology program at Easter Seals Crossroads beginning in 1988. In 1998, he formed EYE Can See, Inc. in Indianapolis, which continues to provide adaptive hardware and software products for blind and low vision customers in Indiana and Kentucky. Thomas currently resides in Westfield, Indiana.

Laura Stevens, MSci, received her master’s degree in nutrition science from the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Since graduation, she had worked at Purdue as a researcher who investigated the relationship between diet and health disorders. As an author of nine successful books on diet, behavior, and allergies, Laura now deals with low vision herself. She lives with her amazing cats, Bentley and Seis, in Lafayette, Indiana.

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