Things to Know about Vision Loss and Low-Vision Rehabilitation
If you are a patient or family member of someone suffering from vision loss, Curtis Strong Center can provide the best educational and informational materials to answer all your questions and concerns. Our dedicated, professional staff have worked successfully with thousands of individuals struggling with vision loss. Here’s what we provide:
- Comprehensive visual rehabilitation services that allow you the opportunity to work with medically trained professionals in low-vision skills and tools. Ensight has Doctors of Optometry, occupational therapists, and orientation and mobility specialists to work with you.
- Consultations with patients and their families to understand individual situations and how our services may provide opportunities to enrich their lives.
- Functional vision examinations to ensure the patient’s visual limitations and potential are fully understood,
- Customized treatment plans with the best prescriptive devices, adaptive tools, technology, and training to meet each patient’s individual needs and goals.
- Opportunities for family and friends to learn how to achieve success.
- Newsletters include the latest information on new technologies and resources for people with low vision.
- Support groups for people with low vision.
In addition, our team of volunteers—many of whom have vision loss—facilitate activities and conversations for people with low vision that help Ensight accomplish its mission. We think of ourselves as an extended family of professionals, patients, and partners, all sharing a common goal: to help people with vision loss become more than what they can see.many of whom have vision loss—facilitate activities and conversations for people with low vision that help Ensight accomplish its mission. We think of ourselves as an extended family of professionals, patients, and partners all sharing a common goal: to help people with vision loss become more than what they can see.
Overcoming obstacles
Vision loss: Coping with emotions and learning to thrive
Self-advocacy
Ensight CEO Denny Moyer talks about living with a vision loss and overcoming obstacles. She is interviewed here by Patti Smith, founder of Living Her Legacy.
Penn Street, Outreach and Development Director for the Audio Information Network of Colorado, talks about coping with the emotions associated with vision loss.
Perspectives from Ensight Staff on how to communicate with others in stores and other public places when you have low vision.