VisionServe Alliance and its members Establish Vision Rehabilitation Week – June 10-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Join Us to Celebrate And Commemorate Vision Rehabilitation Week – June 10-16. Help Spread The Word About Crucial Vision Rehabilitation Programs.
Almost 20 million people in the US live with blindness, low vision, and visual impairment, which often creates significant challenges with everyday activities. Vision rehabilitation can dramatically increase confidence, safety, independence, physical and mental health, and quality of life. Tragically, less than 5% of people who could benefit from these services actually receive them. Vision Rehabilitation Week seeks to change this!
“Vision Rehabilitation Week celebrates all life-changing Vision Rehabilitation services for people living with blindness and low vision,” said Lee Nasehi, President & CEO of VisionServe Alliance. The holiday also highlights Vision Rehabilitation as a vital component in the continuum of care for vision and other professionals, communicates the importance of highly trained professionals working in the field, and celebrates a career working with people of all ages with blindness and low vision.
Did you know?
People experiencing blindness and low vision report increased health issues and disability conditions, with some groups citing more than double the number of days of poor mental health and more than double the rate of depression. Vision Rehabilitation can help adults continue the activities they love most, positively impact their ability to access medical and mental health services, and reduce isolation and depression.
Vision Rehabilitation Week celebrates all life-changing vision rehabilitation services for people living with blindness and low vision, as well as the compassionate and highly trained individuals who provide these services. Vision Rehabilitation training can start during the early stages of vision loss after all vision correction (including glasses/contacts) and other medical interventions (such as surgery) have been exhausted. Vision Rehabilitation offers vital hope, even when a doctor tells a patient that nothing else can be done medically, and can significantly improve independence and quality of life at any age. Vision Rehabilitation can help those with vision loss from genetic factors and common and rare eye diseases, including Cataracts, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic retinopathy, and refraction errors & other eye changes.
“Together, we can create a world where visual challenges do not hinder independence and fulfillment,” said Jason Eckert, COO.
Learn more about Vision Rehabilitation Week and locate a vision rehabilitation agency in your area, and other vital resources. Access our holiday Toolkit with content and images that make it easy to spread the word.
Special thanks to Johnson & Johnson, our Vision Rehabilitation Week Sponsor!
About VisionServe Alliance
VisionServe leads an alliance of 130+ member organizations that vastly improve the lives of people with blindness and low vision. VisionServe Alliance collaborates with leaders to enhance the health of the BVI field by maximizing engagement with life-changing vision rehabilitation training and services, addressing strategic issues impacting the field, cultivating leadership, enhancing management systems, sharing best practices, increased capacity-building and sustainability, informing public policy, developing groundbreaking data reports highlighting profound issues impacting people with blindness and vision loss, and more. VisionServe Alliance also leads the Aging and Vision Loss National Coalition (AVLNC), a consortium of leaders advocating for the needs of adults 65+ with blindness and low vision.
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