Going Blind and Going Forward

Meeting Description:   The National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) of the National Eye Institute (NEI) invites you to participate in a free webinar moderated by Rosemary Janiszewski, of NEI, featuring Joseph Lovett, director of the film, Going Blind: Coming Out of the Dark About Vision Loss; Julie Gaynin, Outreach Coordinator for Going Blind and Going Forward; George Theriault, President of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind; and Stacy Pommer, Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator at the Veterans Health Administration, New York Harbor Healthcare System.    Participants will discuss how to use Going Blind as a tool to engage the blind and visually impaired community to open the lines of communication between their eye care providers, low vision specialists, and the general public; raise awareness about low vision services and devices; and inspire the visually impaired community to obtain low vision and rehabilitation services. NEHEP resources to support Going Blind will be discussed.   See the Going Blind Trailer - http://youtu.be/KlZ7lOm7WM4   Check out the Going Blind Outreach Toolkit - http://www.goingblindmovie.com/pdf/Outreach_Toolkit.pdf