April Membership Meeting – Practical Strategies to Help Seniors Live Well with Vision Loss: From No Tech to High Tech

Presenter: Lisa Larges | Outreach Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
State Services for the Blind

In this webinar we’ll demonstrate a wide variety of tools and adaptations that seniors living with vision loss can use in order to remain active, engaged, and in charge of their own lives. You’ll learn to help seniors living with low vision to use contrast, glare reduction, magnification, and better lighting. We’ll also explore ways to incorporate tactile and audio feedback and new ways to do common everyday tasks. Finally, we’ll show how smartphones and other tech are exponentially expanding possibilities for seniors with vision loss – even for the most reluctant tech users.

Learning objectives

• Understand the basics of a functional low vision assessment
• Learn the common conditions that cause vision loss for seniors and how they impact vision
• Develop a toolbox of practical strategies for helping seniors adapt to vision loss
• Gain a basic understanding of built-in accessibility features in today’s technology

Join Online at the Link Below

http://bit.ly/AprilMembershipMtg

By Phone:  571-317-3122

Access Code:  881-640-165