Navigating the VA
Where do Wilmington VA Veterans normally go for a low vision exam?
Philadelphia
When best corrected visual acuity in the better seeing eye is 20/200 or visual fields are constricted 20 degrees or less.
Legal Blindness
A blind aid that enables visually impaired people to sign their names.
Signature guide
Name a musician that is legally blind
Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli…
Name of the Organization that advocates on behalf of blinded Veterans to Congress, helps with benefits, and has 53 regional groups nationwide.
Blinded Veterans Association
Where can you go to get magnifiers?
Low Vision Centers
A medical condition which usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the vision field because of damage to the retina.
Age-related Macular Degeneration
Large table top device with a monitor used to electronically enlarge print on a letter or book.
CCTV
Name a movie that has a blind actor or a blind character in it
At First Sight, The Book of Eli, Scent of a Woman...
Name of the State Agency that helps adults with low vision or who are legally blind.
Florida Division of Blind Services
What can be used as a Real ID that you get from the VA?
VA ID Card
A disease of the eye caused by increased optic pressure, which leads to nerve damage and potential blindness.
Some people that are visually impaired may use this as a guide to help them get around.
Red and white cane (guide dog, human guide)
She was a woman who was both deaf and blind and became an activist in the field of blindness.
Helen Keller
Name of the state program that delivers a healthy meal if you are older than 60 and can't prepare your own meal.
What is the branch of the VA that processes benefits?
Veterans Benefit Administration, VBA or Regional office
A disease of the eye involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina as a result from chronically high blood glucose levels.
Diabetic retinopathy
A device used by the visually impaired to hear what is written on their prescription medication bottle.
ScripTalk
What is the Blind Believers motto?
“I can do anything you can do, just in a different way”
True or False: Legally Blind Veterans can receive a free State Park Passport.
True
Where can you go to receive blind rehabilitation services in mobility, living skills, vision skills, etc.?
West Haven, CT; Lebanon, PA;
An inherited eye disease in which there is a breakdown of the nerve layer in the back of the eye and can lead to blindness.
Retinitis Pigmentosa
A hand held electronic device that helps visually impaired to read a menu?
Ruby Video Magnifier
Who wrote the book: Blindness:What it Is, What it Does, and How to Live with it.
Father Thomas Carroll
Name of a type of transportation in Delaware if you are unable to safely get to a bus stop.
DART Paratransit