It is operated on a volunteer basis and is funded primarily by dues and contributions of its members. NOAH has also received grants from foundations and organizations for specific projects. An index of genetic information on retinal disorders, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Provides patients with information about retinal conditions and surgeries including vitrectomy, retinal tears and detachments, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, floaters and light flashes, and macular hole surgery. Click here to return to the top.
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There is no cost to students or their families for the instructional and residential services of the School. Provides public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy services and protection of civil rights, Job Opportunities for the Blind, development and evaluation of technology, and support for blind persons and their families. The Action Fund carries on a widespread campaign of public education, administers a program of scholarships and financial and other specialized assistance to individual blind persons, conducts seminars about blindness, and provides information to senior citizens to help them deal with vision loss in their later years. A national consumer advocacy organization for people who have combined hearing and vision impairments. AADB is open to all persons who are deaf-blind and individuals directly concerned with their well being, including spouses, children, friends, and health care professionals.