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Are products available to assist with reading or making print larger for someone with Macular Degeneration?

Asked by jackson5168  |  Nov 20, 2010

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My mother inlaw is around 78 years old. She lives 4150 north of the the greater Kansas City area, and is losing her eye sight, and she is very independent. Part of the family live 5 minutes from their home compared to us, (my husband's mother) 150miles.
Are products available to assist with reading or making print larger?

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anonymous14017

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Nov 20, 2010

You might want to look into the National Association for the Visually Handicapped at
navh.org
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NancyH

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Nov 20, 2010

My mother-in-law also has macular degeneration. I know there are two types, dry & wet. She has the wet kind and they were able to stop the progression of it in one of her eyes. One eye is pretty much a basket case, but the other one has been halted from making her totally blind. I would be interested in hearing from you what the doctors have done so far to stop the progression. As far as the visual aids, I just did a search on the internet 'low vision aids' and found lots of stuff.

 
 

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