About this item
Filled with compiling ideas for living well with vision loss from macular disease, this book's positive, take-charge approach provides encouragement to both the newly diagnosed and those at later stages of their disease by showing ways to compensate for their declining sight. Featuring photos of special lighting and other aids and insight from the author's own personal experience with low vision, this oversized handbook is ideally formatted for readers with vision loss by employing the use of large print on glare-resistant paper. Offering reassurance, hope, and personal insight, this revised edition is filled with descriptions of adaptive strategies and assistive technologies. With strong endorsements from medical communities, the book includes an invaluable index and resource list for readers.
About the Author
??Award-winning author Peggy Wolfe has produced how-to books on electrical wiring since 1978 as president of a publishing company founded in 1939 by her father, Herbert P. Richter. She has a master's degree in library science, established the corporate library at Pillsbury, and worked as a research fellow/librarian at the University of Minnesota. She first wrote about vision loss as her own eyesight faded from macular degeneration. Her goal as a rockin' octogenarian has been to find and share practical ways to live well with declining vision. Her books on vision loss have received multiple book awards (Ben Franklin Award and Midwest Book Award) .
