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Eye Health & Safety

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Eye Exams

• Find an Eye Care Provider
• Ensuring a Successful Eye Exam for Individuals with Ocular Visual Impairments by Perkins eLearning: Dr. Barry Kran
• Audio Presentation: Visual Function and Quality of Life in People with Intellectual Disability by Dr. Susannah Rowe, MD MPH
• Who's Who in Eye Care by Prevent Blindness America
• Sight Problems and People with Intellectual Disabilities from University of Hertfordshire
• Questions You Should Ask When Seeing an Eye Care Specialist by Vision Aware
• Checklist for Your Eye Doctor Appointment by Prevent Blindness
• Getting Ready for Your Eye Exam by Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services
  • Getting Ready for Your Eye Exam PDF
  • Getting Ready for Your Eye Exam RTF
• Having an Eye Test by SeeAbility
• What is a Comprehensive Eye Exam? by National Eye Institute
• Making the Most of an Eye Exam by MCB/DDS Partnership 
  • Eye Exam PDF  /  ​Eye Exam RTF 

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Eye Surgery  

• Eye Surgery Preparation and Post Op Planning
  for Individuals with Intellectual Disability
  • Eye Surgery Prep (full brochure) PDF
  • Eye Surgery Prep (text only brochure) RTF
  • Eye Surgery Questions List PDF  /   Eye Surgery Question List RTF
• Eye Surgery by SeeAbility

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Eyeglasses and Sunglasses 

• Tips for Selecting, Wearing, and Keeping Them On!  by MCB/DDS Partnership   
  • Eyeglasses and Sunglasses PDF  / Eyeglasses and Sunglasses RTF 
• Audio Presentation: Glasses: Considerations for Those with Developmental Disabilities by Dr. Greg Waldorf, OD, FAAO
• Wearing Glasses by SeeAbility
• ​Bifocals Might Trip You Up by Health Day
• Frames specially designed to fit children and adults with Down Syndrome and others with special needs by Specs 4 Us
• Free Athletic Prescription Eyewear by OptiNeeds

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Children's Eyeglasses

• 10 Tips for Buying Kids' Eyewear by All About Vision

• Specs 4 Us
• Kid Needs Glasses; Won't Tolerate Anything on Face from Autism Speaks
• Free Athletic Prescription Eyewear by OptiNeeds

Signs of Vision Loss

• Common Signs of Vision Loss by MCB/DDS Partnership
  • Common Signs PDF  /  Common Signs RTF
• Signs and Symptoms of Vision Problems by Vision Aware

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Eye Pain

• Eye Pain - Is It an Emergency? by All About Vision
• Pain in Eye by American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Eye Pain by Medline Plus

Preventing Eye Injury

• Preventing Eye Injuries by Prevent Blindness America

• Ultraviolet Radiation and Your Eyes  by All About Vision
• Protect Your Eyes When You Exercise by Go4Life from the National Institute on Aging at NIH

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Children's Eye Safety

• Children's Eye Injuries: Prevention and Care from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Star Pupils Eye Health and Safety Curriculum from Prevent Blindness America

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Nutrition and Eye Health

• Eye Foods 
• Diet and Nutritrion  by American Optometric Association
• Nutrition for Healthy Eyes  by All About Vision
• Nutritional Supplements and Vision by Prevent Blindness 

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Aging & Vision Loss

• Age-Related Eye Diseases by National Eye Institute
• For People with Dementia, Cataract Surgery Improves Vision, Cognition, Quality of Life by Today's Geriatric Medicine
• Cataract Surgery and age-related cognitive decline: A 13-year follow 
• ​Cataract Surgery and Alzheimer's by Vision Eye Institute
• Vision Loss & the Challenges of Aging by Vision Aware
• Adult Vision: Over 60 Years of Age by American Optometric Associatio
  
• Aging and Your Eyes by National Institute on Aging

Adjusting to Vision Loss

• Emotional Adjustment to Vision Loss by Vision Aware

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See Also: 

New England Eye Southeastern MA

Find an Eye Care Provider in Massachusetts

Eye Conditions & Simulations

Massachusetts DDS Vision Care Guidelines

MCB/DDS Services & Resources