If you need assistance with eye care and disease, we have compiled a list of resources that can help. Because information can change, please be sure to check with the sources.
FIND AN EYE DOCTOR
Find an Ophthalmologist – Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology
Find an Optometrist – Alabama Optometric Association
Eye Emergencies – UAB Callahan Eye Hospital at the corner of University Blvd. and 18th Street South in Birmingham, on the UAB campus
PUBLICATIONS
Census of Eye Care Providers in Alabama – conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and commissioned by EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, as a follow-up to the Eye Health Needs Assessment for Alabama
Eye Health Needs Assessment for Alabama – compiled 2000 by EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Alabama Vision Resources – compiled 2005 by EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Directory of Services for Persons who are Blind or Have Low Vision – compiled by Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Vision Problems in the U.S. from Prevent Blindness America – Data Includes an 89 Percent Spike in Diabetic Eye Disease Over Last Decade
Economic Impact of Vision Problems from Prevent Blindness America
The Silver Book: Vision Loss Volume II from the Alliance for Aging Research and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research – Looks at the costs, prevalence and incidence of vision loss
Resource Guide for People with Visual Impairments – compiled by Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services OASIS
GLOSSARY OF EYE TERMS
from the National Eye Institute
ANATOMY OF THE EYE
from the National Eye Institute