Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Event Replay Channel
0:00:45 Opening Announcements
0:06:00 Introduction of Speaker
0:08:30 Public Health and Low Vision Presentation, Omar Mohiuddin, OTR/L, MS, MPH, CLVT
0:10:30 Why increase of low vision?
0:14:00 What is the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP)?
0:18:30 Public Health in Low Vision
0:24:00 Being an Advocate for Low Vision
0:26:45 Q&A
0:27:00 Getting message out about low vision resources
0:30:40 What is it like in North Carolina for low vision care?
0:33:00 Myth of as we age we should go blind
0:35:00 Reaching immigrant/non-English speaking communities
0:41:00 Emotional side of coping with vision loss
0:50:00 How Omar got into low vision
1:00:30 Question of being "labeled" as vision impaired
1:03:00 "It takes a village" to provide low vision service
1:04:30 What can a blind person do tomorrow to advocate for low vision?
1:10:00 Lighting in the bathroom
1:17:50 How can we get more low vision OTs and O&M professionals?
1:22:00 Closing Thoughts