Medical
Centre for Eye Research
Australia (CERA)-Ophthalmology Links
CERA is associated with the Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Melbourne. This is a good source for Ophthalmology Web Links and
information about current research.
http://iris.medoph.unimelb.edu.au/cera.htm
Eye Diseases:The Karolinka
Institute, University of Medicine, Sweden.
Information about eye diseases and information about vision e.g. Understanding
How the Eye Works.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c11.html
Glossary of Eye Conditions
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?DocumentID=2139
The Family Village-Library
Diseases and disorders alphabetically listed.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/library.htm
National Eye Institute
Eye diseases, disorders, vision care, and resources.
http://www.nei.nih.gov
Selected Anomalies
and Diseases of the Eye.
Compiled by Virginia E. Bishop, Ph.D. 1986. Has descriptions of different visual
impairments, implications and related web sites. http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/anomalies/index.htm
VI Guide Medical Resources
An excellent list of sites on the internet which have medical references about
vision impairment. A good starting point if you are not sure where to start.
http://www.viguide.com/medi.htm
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Educational
Albinism - Information for
Teachers of Students With Albinism
Albinism - Children
and Infants with Albinism
American
Nystagmus Network
http://www.nystagmus.org/entry.html
American Printing House for the Blind
Educational products and resources for blind and low vision students.
http://www.aph.org/aph1.htm
American Foundation For the Blind
If you subscribe to the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness you can access
articles from the latest JVIB from this site.
http://www.afb.org
Australian Association
for Parents of Vision Impaired
- AAPVI
http://www.aapvi.org.au/national/contacts.html
Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education
and Training
is a web based information source that provides up to date, accurate and comprehensive
information about inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies, accommodations
and support services for people with disabilities.
Autism Asperger Publishing Company
http://www.asperger.net/
Common Eye Conditions
Some of the more common eye conditions and their educational implications
Family Connect
-large site for families and professionals about children with vision impairments.
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Information about degenerative retinal diseases
http://www.blindness.org/
Lea Test
Dr. Lea Hyvärinen's test materials and information about assessing children's
vision.
http://www.lea-test.fi/
Lilli Nielsen's Homepage - Lilliworks
Active Learning was developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen of the course of her 40 year
career as the premier authority on the education of multiply-disabled
children.
http://www.lilliworks.com/
Low Vision Disability
SimulationThis simulation provides and opportunity for users to experience
a web page as someone with a visual impairment might see it.
Low
Vision Online-a fantastic resource for those needing to know more about
low vision, includes a section on Children's Assessment, from the Centre for
Eye Research Australia.
http://www.lowvisiononline.org
NAPVI- National Association
for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
National Keratoconus Foundation
Current information and research on keratoconus.
http://www.nkcf.org
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa is an eye disease that affects a person's night vision
and peripheral vision. RP Links, FAQs and more!
http://www.jwen.com/rp/rp.html
Retinoblastoma
http://retinoblastoma.com/retinoblastoma/
ROPARD
The Association for Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases
http://www.ropard.org/
Royal Blind Society for the Blind of South
Australia
This site has lots of information about blindness and vision impairment.
http://www.rsb.org.au
Royal
National Institute for the Blind
Fact sheets about vision impairments.
http://www.rnib.org.uk
Texas School For the Blind-Home Page
Ideas for individual programming e.g. mathematics, multi-impaired, braille,
purchase reference materials for professionals.
http://www.tsbvi.edu/
Vision Connection
http://www.lighthouse.org/medical
Vision Simulation Presentation
One of the best low vision simulations on the net!
http://www.acbvi.org/albums/Vision/index.html
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