Focus on Your Quality of Life with Geographic Atrophy
A Time to Refocus
Give Yourself Some Space
Find New Ways to Do What You Love
Make Good Overall Health a Goal
Try High-Tech Tools
Put Your House in Order
Explore New Ways to Get Around
Find an Eye Doctor You Trust
Connect With Others
Ask for More Support
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SOURCES:
Cleveland Clinic: “Geographic Atrophy.”
National Eye Institute: “Finding an Eye Doctor.”
Macular Disease Foundation Australia: “Geographic atrophy and quality of life,” “Tips for living with vision loss.”
News release, Apellis Pharmaceuticals.
Harvard Health Publishing: “Is your vision impaired? Tips to cope.”
CDC: “Vision Loss and Mental Health,” “Are You Getting Enough Sleep?”
Royal National Institute of Blind People: “Coming to terms with sight loss.”
VisionAware: “Coping with Vision Loss.”
National Council on Aging: “Living with Vision Loss: Practical Tips for Safety and Independence.”
Foundation Fighting Blindness: “Coping with a Vision Loss Diagnosis.”
Prevent Blindness: “What is Geographic Atrophy (GA)?”