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People from a variety of disciplines work in the field of research and development for rehabilitation of people with vision impairment. This includes ophthalmologists, optometrists, physicists, psychologists, therapists, doctors, and clinical healthcare professionals, among others.
Research into vision impairment is becoming increasingly important because of the predominance information exchange which require vision, such as books, journals, video, and computer monitors. In addition, this kind of research and development is important because of the importance of vision in such practical tasks as driving. A society such as the ISLRR meets a long felt need for the exchange of knowledge and information among people working in the field of low vision research.
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Pictured here from the ISLRR Business Meeting at Vision 2005 are: Front row from left to right: Top row (left to right): Ger van Rens (The Netherlands), Koichi Oda (Japan), Jan Lovie-Kitchin (Australia), Örjan Bäckman (Sweden), Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski (Germany, Vice-President), Bob Greenhalgh (UK), Mario Broggini (Italy, Deputy Secretary), Olga Overbury (Canada), Jacques Gresset (Canada, ex officio). Bottom row (left to right): Gary Rubin (UK, Secretary General), Aries Arditi (USA, President), Gregory Goodrich (USA, Treasurer), Anne Corn. Executive committee members not present: Barbie Ejukonemu (Nigeria), Francois Vital-Durand (France), George Woo (Hong Kong).
Members of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation are encouraged to send newsworthy items and short communications for inclusion in the
ISLRR
newsletter,
Low Vision News
, to
inquiries@islrr.org
The official journal of The International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation is
Visual Impairment Research
, published by Taylor and Francis Publishers.
Members of ISLRR may assess the online version of Visual Impairment Research through the ISLRR members portal.
7-10 July 2008,
In 2008, the
9th International Conference on Low Vision, organized under the auspices of ISLRR, will be held from July 7 to 10 in Montréal, one of Canada 's major cities. The Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille (Rehabilitation Centre specialized in visual impairment) and the École d'optométrie of the Université de Montréal will oversee the organization of this Conference in partnership with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
October 17-21, 2004,
Download:
Toward A Reduction In The Global Impact Of Low Vision
-- the report of the Oslo Workshop on Low Vision.
on Low Vision was sponsored by Lighthouse International through its Mrs. Cecilia Schupf and Paul J. Schupf Invitational Symposium Series and by The International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation with additional support from the Stockholm Institute of Education and Oslo University.
VisionConnection
is a friendly, accessible, interactive global Internet portal for people who are partially sighted or blind, the professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them -- and anyone looking for the latest information on vision impairment, its prevention and vision rehabilitation.
Low Vision: The Reference
is a searchable bibliographic database of low vision literature with about 10,000 references and citations. An indispensable resource for researchers in low vision, Low Vision: The Reference is edited by Gregory Goodrich, Ph.D., F.A.A.O. and Aries Arditi, Ph.D., F.A.A.O.
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
is a global initiative which aims to help eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, jointly launched by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) together with more than 20 international non-governmental organisations involved in eye care and prevention and management of blindness.
Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the University Faculty of Medicine in Göteborg organized this important global conference on low vision under the auspices of ISLRR. The conference focused on the latest advances in research and practice within all areas of low vision, including basic science, technology, medicine, rehabilitation and education pertaining to visual impairment. Experienced scientists and field practitioners from all over the world presented their results encouraging further research and progress in clinical practice.
These links lead to a collection of abstracts from the Vision 2002 conference. After the links is a search form to help find details within the 317 abstracts available on this site.
