References and Links

LINKS

Vision 2020	http://www.v2020.org
World Health Organisation (WHO)	http://www.who.int/
VisionAWARE	Eye examinations

 

REFERENCES

Low Vision Kit
Information, E charts and various materials included to test vision and learn more about low vision.

Kits can be obtained by contacting:

The Centre for Eye Research Australia
email: lowvisiononline-info@unimelb.edu.au
32 Gisborne Street
East Melbourne 3002
Victoria, Australia

The cost of the kits including delivery:

International delivery: AU$40 / US$30
Delivery within Australia: AU$35

Beyond Arm's Reach: Enhancing Distance Vision
This curriculum for training distance visual efficiency is for use by teachers, orientation and mobility instructors and parents. It was developed by Smith, Bradfield and O'Donnell and is available from the Institute for the Visually Impaired, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, 1200 West Godfrey Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA

Low Vision Care for the Elderly, Report of a Workshop
Madrid 4-6 July 1996, WHO, WHO/PBL/96.57

Understanding Low Vision
Jose R (Ed).New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1983 (http://www.afb.org/)