Strategies

Strategies for Everyday Situations

Everyday Living

Skills You Need for Every Day Living by Vision Aware
Common Signs of Vision Loss by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Common Signs PDF / Common Signs RTF
Creating a Safe Environment by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Creating a Safe Environment PDF / Creating a Safe Environment RTF
Sensitivity to Vision Loss: How to Best Assist a Person Who Has Visual Impairment by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Sensitivity PDF / Sensitivity RTF
Dining Strategies by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Dining PDF / Dining RTF
Making Adjustments: Tips That Will Keep You Doing the Things You Need and Love to Do by Ophthalmic Edge
HALOS - Home Appliance Label and Overlay System by Tangible Surface Research
Personal Self Care by Vision Aware
ScriptAbility Prescription Accessibility System by En-Vision America
- Find a Pharmacy
- ScripTalk Demonstration from the Blind Life
Accessible Pharmacy-a comprehensive, home delivery pharmacy service specializing in the needs of people who are blind, DeafBlind and have low vision
Caring for the Visually Impaired A Handbook of Resources for the Informal Caregiver (PDF) by Prevent Blindness
It's the Person First Then the Disability by Pacer Center
People First Language by Disability Is Natural

Communication

Organization Strategies

Cleaning and Care of Canes and Eyewear

Keeping Canes, Visual Aids, Cellphones and Devices Spotless and Sanitized by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Keeping Canes Sanitized (PDF)
- Keeping Canes Sanitized (RTF)

Adjusting to Vision Loss

Accessible Environments

Universal Design by Institute for Human Centered Design
Creating a Safe Environment by MCB/DDS Partnership
- Creating a Safe Environment PDF / Creating a Safe Environment RTF

Lighting and Glare

Fall Prevention

Dementia

Wheelchair Safety

Safe Transportation of People in Wheelchairs by UMass Medical School & Massachusetts DDS.

Fire Safety

Natural Disasters and Emergencies