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Lighthouse International

Description

• Mission:

  Lighthouse International, a worldwide resource on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation, is dedicated to enabling people of all ages to overcome the challenges of vision loss. Lighthouse provides services in the greater New York region. Its education and research are national and international.

  The Lighthouse Center for Education seeks to educate people with vision impairment, their families, professionals, and the public about vision impairment and the availability of resources and services that help overcome the consequences of diminished sight. Through its information and resource service (toll-free), information about eye disease, national and international vision rehabilitation services, and resources for people of all ages with impaired vision is available.

  The Lighthouse Continuing Education offers courses and seminars to professionals on all aspects of low vision care and rehabilitation services.

  Project InSights, a Lighthouse peer volunteer vision education program, promotes awareness of eye diseases that can result in vision loss. Prevention, treatment, and the benefits of vision rehabilitation are discussed by trained older adult volunteers who conduct free vision education programs at community sites in Staten Island, Westchester, and Queens.

• Membership/Affiliates:

  More than 18,000 low vision continuing education alumni, located throughout the United States and abroad

• Programs/Activities:

  The Lighthouse Center for Education:

  Develops online and print education products about vision impairment for consumers, professionals, and the general public.

  Provides online and face-to-face courses in all aspects of low vision care and other vision rehabilitation services.

  Develops seminars and community lectures for consumers, families, and friends highlighting new treatments, research, and technology that can benefit people with impaired vision across the lifespan.

  Conducts research demonstration projects, such as the development of curricula for professionals, outreach programs using volunteers with impaired vision, and evidence-based electronic records.

  Provides leadership in advocacy to promote the inclusion of people with impaired vision in all aspects of life and to foster legislation that promotes healthcare coverage for vision rehabilitation services.

• Meetings

  Professional seminars and courses

• Publications

  Aging and Vision: an e-newsletter targeted to professionals, which focuses on treatments, technology, and research on vision impairment, highlighting innovations that promote understanding of low vision care and vision rehabilitation for people in their later years.

  Sharing Solutions: a newsletter for adults with impaired vision and their support networks, which focuses on issues related to coping with vision loss, as well as new technologies and treatments. Readers are encouraged to share their solutions to questions posed in every issue.

Date Last Updated
March 2007