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Alphapointe Expands its Low Vision Service with Kansas City Vision Performance Center

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Alphapointe, one of the nation’s largest providers of rehabilitation services and employment for people who are blind, announced its newly forged alliance with Overland Park-based Kansas City Vision Performance Center, an independent practice in Kansas. This alliance allows the parties to combine efforts to offer low vision rehabilitation and therapeutic services in the Kansas City…

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Low Vision Awareness Month – Answering the Most Frequent Questions

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In February, we drawn attention to Low Vision Awareness Month – an effort started by the National Eye Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Low vision affects millions of Americans, including many older adults. Low vision can make it hard to do things like reading, shopping, cooking, or writing. And it…