BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2314@worldglaucomaweek.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam;VALUE=DATE:20180308 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam;VALUE=DATE:20180309 DTSTAMP:20180328T205655Z URL:https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/activity/world-glaucoma-week-use-the -amsler-grid-newsletter/ SUMMARY:World Glaucoma Week: Use The Amsler Grid - Newsletter DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView this email in your browser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Glaucoma Week\, M arch 11 -17\, 2018\n\nGoing Blind and Going Forward has been doing its par t.\nIn honor of World Glaucoma Week\, we encourage you to use the Amsler G rid to test your vision. The Amsler Grid was developed to alert patients t o the beginnings of acute macular degeneration. Do the straight lines appe ar squiggly? If so\, make an appointment with an ophthalmologist!\n\nThe A msler Grid can also show visual field loss from Glaucoma. If you close one eye and focus on the center\, and find there are parts of the grid you ca nnot see\, it may indicate visual field loss from glaucoma. Take a look at the Amsler Grid https://goingblindmovie.com/amsler-grid/ on the Going Blind website and check it out for yourself.  Let us know what you think .\n\nGoing Blind: Coming Out of the Dark About Vision Loss\, and its outre ach campaign Going Blind and Going Forward\, continue to ignite a global m ovement of individuals\, grassroots organizations\, and medical profession als\, sponsoring screenings that raise awareness and improve access to vis ion enhancement services.\n\nTo help us continue our mission\, all donatio ns are 100% tax-deductible through our 501c3\, A Closer Look\, Inc. http: //www.acloserlook.org/.\n\nYour help in supporting our efforts are greatly appreciated.\n\nOur immediate goal with this outreach is to make ophthalm ologists aware that referring a patient to a low vision therapist early in their irreversible sight loss journey will help the patient to make the m ost of their remaining vision and improve their quality of life (see our video There is Something You Can Do at www.aao.org/low-vision-and-visio n-rehab). To that end\, we screen Going Blind with resident training pro grams as well as physician and community groups. I also present "the patie nt perspective" at international and national ophthalmology conferences.\n \nIn 2017\, we screened Going Blind with ophthalmology residents and att ending practitioners at NYU Lagone Medical Center\, Montefiore Medical Cen ter\, and  Rutgers New Jersey Medical Center. We also gave a class at Mou nt Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine’s The Pulse of Art: Connections Be tween the History of Art and the History of Medicine.\n\nOn the patient si de\, we show Going Blind at support groups and I make myself available t o patients who contact me through our website or from referring doctors. I try to help them understand their options and encourage them to take an a ctive role in improving their experience in ophthalmology care.\n\nIn Janu ary 2018\, The New York Academy of Medicine held a screening and panel dis cussion for members of the medical field and the general public. I hosted a panel including James Tsai\, MD\, MBA\, President\, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Chair of the Academy’s Section on Ophthalm ology\; Jessica Jones\, Artist and Art Teacher\, The Lavelle School for th e Blind\; and Nancy D. Miller\, LMSW\, Executive Director/CEO\, VISIONS/Se rvices for the Blind and Visually Impaired\, and myself.\n\nTo show how co mmunications can build organically\, the NYAM screening led to an introduc tion to Frank Bruni\, Op Ed columnist for the New York Times who was prepa ring his article “Am I Going Blind?” (http://nyti.ms/2oui2g2). Having just lost the vision in his left eye four months ago\, Frank interviewed m e and others about dealing with vision loss. It's very perplexing to lose your vision and I was happy to share what I’ve learned from others - esp ecially from Going Blind’s Jessica Jones\, who early on reassured me th at “you learn to use what you have.”\n\nFrank referred his viewers to our new website which brought in a number of inquiries and screening reque sts.\n\nOur website GoingBlindMovie.com has been redesigned to enhance t he user experience. The website offers access to stream or purchase the fi lm for Educational or Institutional purposes\, as well as resources for pa tients and physicians.   \n\nAgain\, to help us continue our mission\, a ll donations are 100% tax-deductible through our 501c3\, A Closer Look\, I nc. http://www.acloserlook.org/.  \n\n \;\n\nThanks\,\n\nJoe\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCopyright © 2018 Lovet t Productions\, All rights reserved.\n\nWant to change how you receive the se emails?\nYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this li st.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.worldglaucomaweek.org/wp-content/upl oads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-4.16.03-PM.png CATEGORIES:Awareness END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR