Session 10 of 12
Living with: (AMD) Age-related Macular Degeneration
Course: TSA-TGSI-1.10 | Length: 3:02 mins | Instructor: Dean Homicki
Transcript
In this session, we're going to learn about:
What is it like living with: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)?
In this module, we explore what a vision-impaired person may experience living with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and how the built environment may appear to them in their daily life. To gain some insight, let's begin with:
What is Age-related Macular Degeneration?
Age-related Macular Degeneration affects the macular region of the retina, which is used for straight-ahead sight. This is sometimes referred to as (Central Vision Loss). Activities which rely on the macula functioning well are reading, writing, looking at detailed objects, and colour vision.
A person living with Age-related Macular Degeneration could experience their environment in the following ways:
They could have a gradual decline in the ability to see objects clearly
They may experience Distorted vision
Experience dark or empty spaces blocking the central field of vision
or, A Dimming of colour vision
and, They may also have Visual hallucinations
What would it be like to have: Age-related Macular Degeneration and how could it affect your orientation and mobility?
Simulation
Orientation in a built environment if you had: Age-related Macular Degeneration. In this simulation of what it might be like if you had Age-related Macular Degeneration, we are walking, descending a staircase, then negotiating a pedestrian crossing.
In the next Course Module, we view a simulation if you had: (NLP) No Light Perception - (Total Blindness). We will demonstrate what you could experience as you orientate yourself in a built environment.
I'm Dean Homicki and I look forward to joining you in the next Learning Session
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Sources
TSA-TGSI-1.10 - This staebl.academy course module has drawn information from the following sources:
Vision Australia - Source: https://www.visionaustralia.org/information/eye-conditions/Aged-Related-Macular-Degeneration
Visability - Source: http://www.visability.com.au/community-education/vision-impairment/
