[Nfbf-l] White Cane and World Blindness Day Event
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University of Central Florida Campus
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SCHEDULE
WORLD SIGHT DAY
October 11th • Teaching Academy Room 130
2012
10 am
Sight Ed 101-
Education for the Sighted
11 am Knight’s Panel
12 pm GOING BLIND viewing
SDS
A day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual
impairment and rehabilitation of the visually impaired.
A day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual
impairment and rehabilitation of the visually impaired.
Attend this event and earn Link Loot!
VISION STATISTICS
• 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision (severe or
moderate vision impairment)
• Preventable causes are as high as 80% of the total global visual
impairment burden
• About 90% of world’s visually impaired people live in develop-
ing countries
• Globally, uncorrected refractive errors are the main cause of
visual impairment
• Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness
About 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide:
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