Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) has partnered with Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) to produce a series of videos about vision health and a variety of eye diseases, hosted by Dr. Ana Juricic.
Dr. Ana Juricic is a low vision optometrist who works in Toronto, Canada. She helps people living with various degrees of sight loss to achieve their vision goals by using assistive technology.
The video series can be found below:
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
This video provides a brief overview of age-related macular degeneration. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Diabetic Retinopathy
This video provides a brief overview of diabetic retinopathy. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Gene Therapy
This video provides a brief overview of how gene therapy works. Gene therapy is a type of treatment that replaces a broken or missing gene in the body. The video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Glaucoma
This video provides a brief overview of glaucoma. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
How Clinical Trials Work
This video provides a brief overview of clinical trials and how they work. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA)
This video provides a brief overview of Leber’s congenital amaurosis. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Low Vision Solutions
This video provides a brief overview of different products available to help those living with vision loss. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
This video provides a brief overview of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited retinal disease. This video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Stem Cell Therapy
This video provides a brief overview of how stem cell therapy works. Stem cell therapy is a type of treatment that uses stem cells to replace or repair specific cells in the body. The video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
Vision 101
This video provides a brief overview of how the eye works. In this video you will learn about the structure and function of the eye. The video includes visual and auditory descriptions.
These videos are meant for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, please visit your doctor.
Thank you to our national partner in accessibility, AMI for supporting the production of these vision health videos.
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