Introduction


Vision loss that is caused by ocular disease is often discovered too late to restore normal visual function.  Frequently significant impairment remains after treatment, and persons who seek rehabilitation after vision loss often experience obstacles and frustration.  Patients and their regular eye care providers often know little about low vision services and their availability.  Moreover providers who specialize in low vision rehabilitation are few and often deliver limited care because of the lack of reimbursement by medical insurance for their services or for the prescribed low vision aids.

The Clear Vision Foundation was created in 1998 as a non-profit orangization to promote the early detection of vision loss and to assist persons with vision impairment by promoting vision rehabilitation services, not just for those with legal blindness, but for all levels and kinds of functional vision impairment.

Mission

    •    To improve the technology for assessing vision problems and for assisting persons with vision disabilities
    •    To promote public screening for vision abnormalities
    •    To improve physician awareness and delivery of low vision rehabilitation
    •    To improve public awareness of the availability of low vision aids and services
    •    To improve the recognition of the need for vision rehabilitation and to improve reimbursement for all patients in need of those services

 

Pursuits

    •    Sponsors public vision screening and public education campaigns about the importance of vision screening
    •    Sponsors grants to improve technology for vision measurement and for developing visual aids and services for patients with low vision
    •    Sponsors distribution of information regarding assist devices, rehabilitation services, and reimbursement strategies to professionals, patients, and public
    •    Cooperates with government and insurance agencies to improve recognition of vision rehabilitation and to improve reimbursement
    •    Provides training for providers specializing in vision rehabilitation

 

Funding


The Clear Vision Foundation is a non-profit organization supported entirely by tax-deductible contributions of friends and corporations.  Donations may be made for particular projects or as unrestricted grants to support all of the Foundation’s pursuits in accordance with its directives.