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• posted: Aug. 11, 2022
• Macular degeneration,  Stargardt Disease,  Albinism,  Bioptic telescopic glasses,  Microscopic glasses,  Bioptic glasses for driving,  Low vision specialist,  low vision doctor,  Legal blindness,  Hemianopsia,  Diabetic Retinpathy,  low vision doctor near me,  low vision glasses Roanoke,  low vision glasses Harrisonburg,  Low vision glasses Charlottesville,  low vision glasses Richmond,  low vision doctor Roanoke,  Low vision doctor Harrisonburg,  Low vision doctor Charlottesville,  low vision doctor Richmond,  Low vision doctor Blacksburg,  Low vision glasses Blacksburg
• bioptic telescopic glasses,  Stargardt disease,  low vision doctor,  Albinism

I’d like to tell you how children and teenagers can be helped to see better by a low vision optometrist.  In the past couple months I’ve helped 9 or 10 Read More

• posted: Aug. 31, 2021
• Macular degeneration,  Stargardt Disease,  Bioptic telescopic glasses,  Microscopic glasses,  Bioptic glasses for driving,  Low vision specialist,  low vision doctor,  Legal blindness,  Hemianopsia,  Diabetic Retinpathy,  low vision doctor near me,  low vision glasses Roanoke,  low vision glasses Harrisonburg,  Low vision glasses Charlottesville,  low vision glasses Richmond,  low vision doctor Roanoke,  Low vision doctor Harrisonburg,  Low vision doctor Charlottesville,  low vision doctor Richmond,  Low vision doctor Blacksburg,  Low vision glasses Blacksburg
• bioptic telescopic glasses,  Stargardt Disease,  driving with Stargardt Disease

Stargardt disease occurs in only about one person in 8-10,000.  Here in Virginia where I live, there may be less than 1,000.  Many optometrists or ophthalmologists rarely see a person Read More

• posted: Sep. 04, 2018
• Macular degeneration,  Bioptic telescopic glasses,  Microscopic glasses
• Macular degeneration,  bioptic telescopic glasses

Last week I talked with 2 patients who I'd prescribed low vision glasses for about 10 years ago.  One, a lady, has macular degeneration.  She's been driving safely and legally Read More

• posted: Jul. 02, 2018
• Macular degeneration
• Macular degeneration,  bioptic telescopic glasses,  low vision

Over the years of helping people with macular degeneration and other conditions that impair their vision I have come to understand how important driving is to people.  If they lose Read More

• posted: Jul. 02, 2018
• Macular degeneration
• Macular degeneration,  bioptic telescopic glasses,  low vision specialist

Most people with macular degeneration have been told by their eye doctor that nothing can be done for them.  It is true that there is no cure for macular degeneration.  Read More