V.I.P. stands for visually impaired people who are VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. We want to provide low vision community education, assistive technology, support and mentoring.


January is Glaucoma Awareness Month

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month

Everyone with a family history of glaucoma should be screened for the disease. This disease steals sight! V.I.P. promotes Glaucoma Awareness Month in January.

Free Glaucoma Screenings

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Get your eyes checked for it, for free at Primary EyeCare Center located at 801 Dallas Avenue in Selma, Alabama on January 15, 2019 during a free glaucoma eye screening. Watch this video for more details on glaucoma. 801 Dallas Avenue in Selma, Alabama from 10am to 12 pm. For more details call 334-874-7024.

Glaucoma Awareness Month: Best Natural Remedies for Eye Treatment

January is Glaucoma month. Check these natural approaches to lowering eye pressure. We do not endorse this as we are not eye doctors but, we do like to offer suggestions. Always consult an eye doctor.

Glaucoma Awareness Month: Future of Glaucoma Treatment

There are many different types of glaucoma surgery available now to patients, but the field is always changing, and new treatments are on the horizon. Mr Kin Sheng Lim is a leading ophthalmologist, and here he explains his involvement in the development of new implants for glaucoma, and how they will work.

Glaucoma Awareness Month: What causes glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a condition that damages the optic nerve, which if left untreated can lead to a loss of vision. Mr Vik Sharma, an expert ophthalmologist, explains what causes glaucoma, how it is diagnosed and how it can be treated.

Learning Ally needs your help providing resources to visually impaired students

Learning Ally

Learning Ally is dedicated to helping students who are blind, visually impaired, or have a reading-based learning difference like dyslexia thrive—from grade school, through high school, into college, and as they develop their careers.

Large print wall calendars available

Large print wall calendars available

For customers of Carter Drugs in Selma, Alabama you can now get a large print wall calendar. If you are not a customer, you can get one at a good price

What We Offer

1) Low vision community educational programs, conferences and assistive technology demonstrations and expos

2) Support groups, mentoring and advocacy

3) Site and Structural modifications for churches, businesses, etc. for public access

4) Consultations for the visually impaired and low vision evaluations on assistive technology for the visually impaired

5) We provide information and referrals for magnification devices

6) Customer service training and workshops to better acommodate the visually impaired customer

Make a donation

Help V.I.P. help the visually impaired in the community. Consider making a donation. No amount is too small.

V.I.P. Sponsors

Walmart Foundation
Eyesight Foundation of Alabama
Black Belt Community Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Freedom Scientific
First Cahawba Bank
Hat Country Resistal Hats
AI Squared Zoom Text
Moore Stewart Honda
Carter Drug Company
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Pepsi Cola
Wyatt-Kirkpatrick Eye
City of Selma
Dallas County Commission
Regions Bank