AFB Senior Site Officially Launches

Posted by Carl Augusto on 4/3/2007 3:00:05 PM

It's a big day for AFB. This morning we officially launched AFB Senior Site

- a new, totally accessible, multimedia web site geared toward the millions of seniors with age-related vision loss and their family and friends. With diseases like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy expected to double as the nation's 78 million baby boomers reach retirement age and beyond, we felt it was really important to help Americans understand that people can continue to live normal, active lives with vision loss.

The overall goal of the new site is to help this country's growing low vision population maintain independence. On the site you'll find links to community resources and easy-to-implement tips on how to cook, read, get around your community, play sports, pay bills, shave, make phone calls, tell time, use the internet, shop, apply makeup, and organize your clothing with vision loss.

We're really excited about this new web site and encourage all of you to take a look at it and share the information with as many people as possible.

We want all Americans to know that little changes make a big difference, and there is hope and help out there.