Description: Why is vision awareness important? Learn more about the impacts of visual impairment.
Visual impairment impacts how thousands of our Memphis relatives and friends see the same world that the rest of us experience each day. Learn more about new resources and ways that you can help visually impaired people enjoy life and reach their potential.
Helping people see to their potential is central to Southern College of Optometry’s mission of training some of the nation’s top eye doctors. Since 1932, hundreds of thousands of Memphis residents have visited one of SCO’s public eyecare clinics for their vision needs. We recognize the additional challenges faced by people with visual impairment, so that’s why we’ve launched the Missing Memphis project.
Missing Memphis works to increase awareness about the challenges faced by people with visual impairment. Many visually impaired people lack access to transportation or technological advances in devices designed to help people live life to their fullest. As we approach the year 2020, the Missing Memphis project is committed to raising awareness about the wide range of services available to visually impaired people.