30 Day Revitalization Plan or Coping with Vision Loss

30-Day Revitalization Plan: Total Rejuvenation for Body and Mind

Author: Miriam E Atkins

A beautiful, illustrated short-cut guide to good health that is like having a personal trainer in your own home, every day.

Written for those who never seem to find the time to take control of their mental, physical, and spiritual lives, this 30-day plan addresses the total person and covers emotional as well as physical health. The rejuvenation starts with a 7-day plan to purify and detoxify the system, accompanied by detailed advice on meditation, aromatherapy, exercise, stretching, weight training, home spa treatments, and nutrition. Readers can choose what they need from a wide range of options and traditions, and create a personalized program that focuses on specific issues--such as stress or weight-gain-as well as overall reconditioning. In addition, there are three meal-a-day menu suggestions as well as ideas for snacks. The meals are nutritionally balanced and include delicious "good-carb" recipes.

Interesting textbook: International Business or Using Financial Accounting

Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do

Author: Bill G Chapman

This book begins with a promise: people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted. The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, fulfills that promise with precise information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation. The book explains fundamental facts about eyes and vision, including the causes and varieties of blindness, and then moves on to the new skills the partially sighted person must learn. Specific approaches and devices are covered in depth, including "eccentric viewing" and driving with telescopic glasses, and the visual and electronic aids that can help overcome the effects of vision loss. In spite of his own limited vision (20/240), Dr. Chapman uses a computer without a voice synthesizer, watches TV, and even drives, and he shows readers how to do the same.

Table of Contents:

Contents

List of Illustrations....................xiv
Acknowledgments....................xvi
Foreword....................xvii
Introduction....................1
PART I: Vision and the Human Eye Chapter 1: Visual Acuity....................8
Chapter 2: Understanding the Eye....................22
Chapter 3: How We See....................35
Chapter 4: Eye Fatigue and Pain....................43
PART II: Other Things to Know Chapter 5: Emotional Issues....................48
Chapter 6: Doctors....................57
Chapter 7: Perks and Privileges....................67
PART III: Major Causes of Vision Loss Chapter 8: Cataracts....................74
Chapter 9: Diabetic Retinopathy....................79
Chapter 10: Glaucoma....................83
Chapter 11: Macular Degeneration....................89
Chapter 12: Retinitis Pigmentosa....................102
PART IV: Coping Techniques and Equipment Chapter 13: The First Principle: Get Closer....................110
Chapter 14: Eccentric Viewing....................114
Chapter 15: Scanning....................123
Chapter 16: Light....................126
Chapter 17: Contrast Enhancement....................132
Chapter 18: Talking Appliances and Large-Print Products....................135
Chapter 19: Magnification: Make It Bigger....................136
Chapter 20: Low-Vision Aids and Their Use....................139
Chapter 21: How Much Magnification?....................160
Chapter 22: Video Visual Aids....................163
Chapter 23: Elvis andJordy....................169
Chapter 24: Aids for the Computer User....................172
Chapter 25: Special Aids for Field Loss....................176
Chapter 26: Aids for Driving....................179
Chapter 27: Aids for Watching Television....................184
Chapter 28: Aids for Writing....................188
Chapter 29: Handling Money....................190
Chapter 30: Playing Cards (and Analyzing Visual Tasks)....................192
Chapter 31: Reading a Watch....................195
Chapter 32: A Survival Kit....................196
PART V: Specialized Knowledge and Skills Chapter 33: Education....................200
Chapter 34: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: An Introduction....................222
Chapter 35: Driving with Telescopic Glasses: A Training Program....................235
Chapter 36: Misconceptions about Driving with Telescopic Glasses....................249
Epilogue....................262
Appendix A: An Eye Test Chart....................263
Appendix B: Sources of Help....................264
Appendix C: Instructions for Building a Plate Light....................271
Endnotes....................273
Bibliography....................274
Index....................276