Are There Online Sources That Can Help Me?

Yes. In the age of the Internet, the majority of organizations that provide information and/or support for macular degeneration patients also have Web sites. These organizations and their Web sites include, but are not limited to, the following:

AMD Alliance International: www.amdalliance.org
American Foundation for the Blind: www.afb.org
American Macular Degeneration Foundation: www. macular.org
Foundation Fighting Blindness: www.blindness.org
National Eye Institute: www.nei.nih.gov/health/maculardegen
Prevent Blindness America: www.preventblindness.org

Other, less specific sources such as Wikipedia (a free online encyclopedia) are very informative and can be extremely helpful (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macular_degeneration).

This list is by no means meant to be a complete or comprehensive listing of available Web sites. It is solely meant to serve as an initial aid in learning more on the Internet. Many of these sites offer an easy means of enlarging the print font for easier low-vision reading. One can access additional sites on the Web by performing a search—on Google, for instance—of “age-related macular degeneration,” “macular degeneration,” “ARMD,” “or AMD.” More specific questions, such as treatments or vitamin supplementation, may be easily searched as well.