<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 28px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The AFB VisionConnect™ App</span></h1><div id="aa_pageContent" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="figure" style="margin: 0px 40px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; clear: right; max-width: 240px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 138, 138);"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visionconnect/id1003408531?mt=8" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="http://www.afb.org/image.asp?ImageID=6838" alt="VisionConnect logo - an eye with the pupil drawn as a spyglass search icon" width="200" border="0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; vertical-align: top;"></font></a></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The American Foundation for the Blind is pleased to announce the release of a free, accessible iOS app: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visionconnect/id1003408531?mt=8">VisionConnect™</a>, a prescription for independence for patients who are blind or losing vision.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">VisionConnect™ provides a searchable directory of services available in the US and Canada for children and adults who are blind or visually impaired. Find services such as computer and technology training, daily living skills training, braille and reading instruction, dog guide training, employment services, low vision services, and more. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Individuals who are blind or have low vision can use this accessible app themselves to find resources and tips for living independently with visual impairment, including information on products and technology, personal stories about how people live everyday with macular degeneration or glaucoma, and advice on maintaining employment.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Health care providers can use the app to create customized lists of rehabilitation service providers that they can email to their clients, and provide their patients with home survey checklists, ideas for managing their medications, and more. </span></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 28px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Key "Search" Features:</span></h3><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; list-style: none outside none;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Select an age group: all ages, children, or adults (including seniors)</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Select a service category (advocacy, assistive products, braille and reading instruction, etc.)</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Select a state, zip code, or distance from service</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Or select an organization by name</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Customization: save your search results as lists (for example, “Children’s braille and reading instruction in California”), and e-mail them to yourself or clients.</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 28px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Key "Resources" Feature</span></h3><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; list-style: none outside none;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Select an audience: information for doctors, children, adults, seniors</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(http://www.afb.org/images/lists/list-standard.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Drill down into resources such as tips for modifying your home, accessible products, medication management, a Getting Started Kit, information for veterans, stories about people living and working with visual impairment, and more</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 28px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visionconnect/id1003408531?mt=8">Download VisionConnect™ for the iPhone or the iPad</a>.</span></font></h3></div><div class="bicolumn one" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 445px;"><div class="lister" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"></div></div><br><br></div></body></html>