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Blindness can affect anyone, any time.
Visual impairment can severely affect a person’s quality of life and his/her ability to interact with the environment. The visually impaired can face a multitude of challenges, but they are not incapable of freedom and independence.
To get more information about becoming a member of the Blind Center of Nevada and joining our family, or if you have questions about local resources available to people who are blind, please contact:
Theresa Davis
Member Services Manager
Phone: (702) 624-5686
Email: theresa@BlindCenter.org
Facts
- 285 million people are visually impaired, as of 2010
- A person goes blind every five seconds globally
- Uncorrected refractive errors (far and nearsightedness) cause approximately 120 million cases of blindness
- Around 1.4 million children are blind
- Approximately 2% use guide dogs
- Cataracts are the leading cause of visual impairment
- Blindness can be genetic, inherited, caused by an illness such as diabetes or cataracts, or caused by an accident
