VisionServe Alliance and its members Establish Vision Rehabilitation Week – June 8-14, 2026
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VisionServe Alliance Announces Vision Rehabilitation Week, June 8-14, to Spread the Word About all Life-Changing Vision Rehabilitation Programs!
Nearly 20 million people in the US live with blindness, low vision, and visual impairment, which creates significant challenges with everyday activities. Vision Rehabilitation training can dramatically increase confidence, safety, independence, physical and mental health, and improve quality of life. Tragically, less than 5% of people who could benefit from these services actually receive them. Vision Rehabilitation Week seeks to change that!
“Vision Rehabilitation Week, commemorated June 8-14, celebrates the tremendous benefits of Vision Rehabilitation services for people living with blindness and low vision,” said Lee Nasehi, President & CEO of VisionServe Alliance.” Jason Eckert, COO, added, “This holiday also highlights Vision Rehabilitation as a vital component in the continuum of care, recognizes the skilled professionals working in the field, and celebrates a career working with people of all ages with vision loss.”
Did you know?
The Big Data Project Reports confirm that millions of people living with blindness and low vision report declining health and increased disabilities. Some age groups experience more than twice the number of days of poor mental health and double the rate of depression. Adults with vision loss are also at greater risk for diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and other chronic conditions.
Vision Rehabilitation helps adults continue the activities that give their lives meaning, improves access to medical and mental health services, and reduces isolation and depression. Vision Rehabilitation Week lets people know that training can start during the early stages of vision loss after corrective measures (glasses and contacts) and medical interventions have been exhausted. Vision Rehabilitation can help those with all types of vision loss, including genetic factors, injuries, and eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and refractive errors.
Learn more about Vision Rehabilitation Week and locate a vision rehabilitation agency and other vital resources in your area. Access our Vision Rehabilitation Week Toolkit with content and images that make spreading the word about this crucial holiday easy.
Special thanks to our Vision Rehabilitation Week partners American Macular Degeneration Foundation, National Council on Aging (NCOA), TED Community Organization, and Vision Health Advocacy Coalition.
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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