Advocacy Days 2023 Health Care Access for People with Vision Loss

Over 109,000 Wisconsinites have blindness and vision loss, but only about 3% of us receive vision services such as orientation and mobility training, access technology instruction and vision rehabilitation to live more safely and independently. Part of the challenge is the serious lack of these services statewide.
In this session attendees will:
1. Learn about a statewide study of the impact vision loss has on quality of life and overall well-being.
2. Discover the implications of this research for people living with vision loss, our families and our communities.
3. Develop advocacy strategies for increasing awareness of this information among policymakers at the state and local levels, and among service providers like our doctors and care providers.
Speakers: Denise Jess, WCBVI and Jacci Borchardt, Vision Forward
View our advocacy priority handouts:
wcblind.org/advocacy/#priorities
Handout PDF:
wcblind.org/vision-loss-data
NEW REPORT SHINES LIGHT ON THE STATE OF VISION LOSS AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN WISCONSIN:
wcblind.org/2023/02/new-repor...
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