Visual Impairment Health Article

BOOKS

Bennett, J. Claude, and Fred Plum, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1996.

Riordan-Eva, Paul. "Blindness." In General Ophthalmology. 13th ed. Ed. Daniel Vaughan. Stamford: Appleton & Lange, 1993.

Sardegna, Jill Otis, and T. Paul, The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1990.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Ophthalmology. 655 Beach Street, P.O. Box 7424, San Francisco, CA 94120-7424. <http://www.eyenet.org>.

American Foundation for the Blind. 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001. (800) 232-5463.

Guide Dogs for the Blind. P.O. Box 1200, San Rafael, CA 94915. (415) 499-4000.

International Eye Foundation. 7801 Norfolk Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. (301) 986-1830.

The Lighthouse National Center for Education. 111 E. 59th Street. New York, NY 10022. (800) 334-5497.

National Association for the Visually Handicapped. 22 West 21st St., New York, NY 10010. (212) 889-3141.

National Center For Sight. (800) 221-3004.

National Children's Eye Care Foundation. One Clinic Center, A3-108, Cleveland, OH 44195. (216) 444-0488.

National Eye Institute. 2020 Vision Place, Bethesda, MD 20892-3655. (301) 496-5248. <http://www.nei.nih.gov>.

National Federation of the Blind. 1800 Johnson St., Baltimore, MD 21230. (301) 569-9314.

Prevent Blindness America. 500 East Remington Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173. (800) 331-2020. <http://www.preventblindness.org>.

Research to Prevent Blindness. 598 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022. (212) 363-3911.

J. Ricker Polsdorfer, MD