Blindness
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses. Some also include those who have a decreased ability to see because they do not have access to glasses or contact lenses. Visual impairment is often defined as a best corrected visual acuity of worse than either 20/40 or 20/60. The term blindness is used for complete or nearly complete vision loss. Visual impairment may cause difficulties with normal daily activities such as reading and walking without adaptive training and …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English
“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …
barbed husks could cause eye damage and lead to blindness.23 Only upon suggesting that I could wear safety …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English
“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …
solved by hard-left platitudes or hard-right blindness, but by something far more complex and revolutionary …
NSP: New Society Publishers · 8 October 2024 English
Everyone's guide to using the power of science to produce healthier and tastier fruits and vegetables From garden to fork, Food Science for Gardeners is everyone's guide to optimizing the …
A causes eye problems and can lead to night blindness. Cataracts are responsible for 50 percent of blind- …
Best Medicines Coalition · 12 September 2024 English
The BMC has provided input on the following: the development of new Guidelines in December 2023; the Draft Guidelines consultation in December 2022; the proposed Guideline revisions related to Gap …
Canada Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Fighting Blindness Canada Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance Health …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 10 September 2024 English
Harold Rhenisch’s poems balance the settler and Indigenous experiences of land and water in the Pacific Northwest A collection of shanties laid out in couplets that move between English and …
shingle, where every singer is blinded and blindness roars with the polyphloesboean sea caressing …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Lake Ontario has profoundly influenced the historical evolution of North America. For centuries it has enabled and enriched the societies that crowd¬ed its edges, from fertile agricultural landscapes to energy …
sacrificed for econ- omic growth. Of course, that blindness is also a problem of perspective; tra- ditional …
Best Medicines Coalition · 1 August 2024 English
Funding must ensure the effective implementation of the government’s vision to improve access to effective drugs and better outcomes for patients and the health system. [...] Chief Patient Officer: Budget …
Canada Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Fighting Blindness Canada Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance Health …
NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 26 July 2024 English
“The health of Indigenous people residing in urban centres” brings together accessible data and literature on the health of Indigenous people residing in urban settings in Canada. The report describes …
exposure to hunger experiences of urban Indigenous blindness, limb amputation, and and malnutrition in childhood …
Best Medicines Coalition · 5 June 2024 English
Patients welcomed this as a step in the right direction, but it doesn’t solve the chronic shortage of physicians, nurses, and personal support workers, and will only potentially make a …
from Parkinson’s, arthritis, hemophilia and blindness to cancers and other complicated and rare diseases …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 4 June 2024 English
A diasporic collection of essays on music, memory, and motion.In this powerful and deeply personal collection, Gloria Blizzard uses traditional narrative essays, hybrid structures, and the tools of poetry to …
dance, we are pulled into being, along with blindness, our whips and slaughters, our earth and our …
