Webinars

Whether support groups are peer-lead and community-based, agency lead and hosted, virtual or in-person, educational or social, vision rehabilitation professionals value the role of the vision loss support group in aiding the adjustment process for the individuals they serve.

As professionals, we recognize that a new diagnosis of vision impairment can bring feelings of sadness, fear, frustration, and even stubbornness, which can impede an individual from seeking or accepting help. What can we do to facilitate growth in this early stage?

Please join Alice O’Reilly, Chief, Collections Division at the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled, and learn more about all the new and exciting things happening at NLS, the nation’s free library for people with visual and print disabilities.

Did you know eye strain can occur after only two hours at a computer, and injuries to the eyes can occur at any age?  Join Lindsey Angst, MS, OTR/L, CLVT to gain awareness about habits and direct factors that contribute to eye strain and injury.

This session will explore adult learning principles and suggest ways to incorporate them into assessment, goal setting, and instruction.

In this webinar, speakers Valerie Biediger and Kirsten Dorsey will help draw the connection between how loss of vision and hearing impact fall risk and increase social isolation.

Are you a direct service provider who would like to offer group instruction to adults but have concerns about the quality and safety of instructing more than one person? View our webinar to fully explore planning considerations and strategies to provide the optimum experience for adult learners.

In recent years, research is finding the prevalence of visual hallucinations in people who are blind or have low vision to be much larger than previous reports...

This webinar reviews improving our well-being by recognizing and responding to ageism. Whether we find it in ourselves, in friends and colleagues, in advertisements and media, or anywhere else.

Join us for a webinar with Penny Forward on how older blind individuals can continue to manage their finances with vision loss.

Join Aira’s Jenine Stanley and Be My Eyes’ Hans Wiberg to learn more about visual interpreting and specialized help through their apps. Find out how visual assistance fits into the tools to access the world as someone who is blind or low vision.

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