Curated OER
Kids Health: What's Visual Impairment
What's it like for people who are visually impaired? How does it happen and what can be done? Be sure to read the whole article and click on the tabs to the right for more information.
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Macular Degeneration Support Group
A very thorough site about Macular Degeneration (MD). Contains MD writings and libraries of information.
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Macular Degeneration Research: Macular Degeneration
A page with a description of macular degeneration. There are links to symptoms, treatment, and risk factors, along with illustrations of the disease.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Aafp: Age Related Macular Degeneration
Details on how Age-Related Macular Degeneration is contracted and what types of foods can aid in fighting against it. Includes ideas on how to organize to compensate for lost vision abilities.
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Sight and Hearing Association: Macular Degeneration
Read about macular degeneration: how it develops, the symptoms, and risk factors.
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American Macular Degeneration Foundation
Gives information on the eye disease: Macular Degeneration. Includes descriptions of the two types of Macular Degeneration, treatments, and latest news.
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Life Extension: Macular Degeneration (Age Related)
This resource gives an overview of age-related Macular Degeneration. Includes a list of Nutritional Recommendations and Vitamins.
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Understanding Race: Age Related Macular Degeneration
This interesting site ties an immune system response to infection early in life to age-related macular degeneration presenting itself later in life.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Superhumans & Bionics: Electronic Eyes
Investigate scientists' use of models to understand more about an object, concept or relationship. Explore the difference between a healthy eye and an eye affected by macular degeneration by building two models.
Curated OER
Age Related Macular Degeneration (Amd)
This interesting site ties an immune system response to infection early in life to age-related macular degeneration presenting itself later in life.