Americans are living with uncorrectable vision loss, including more than 1-million who are living with blindness.

Americans have undiagnosed vision impairments.

of visual impairment are considered preventable through access to basic health resources such as vision care, glasses and education.

The number of Blind, low vision and Visually Impaired (BVI) people is expected to DOUBLE by 2050.

of ALL of American school-age children have undiagnosed vision conditions which negatively impact them academically. 

of k-12 BVI students attend public schools but really need the help of itinerant special education teachers to thrive.

of BVI students are learning to read or code in braille, which is a critical literacy and directly linked to employability. 

of blind + visually impaired students are AT LEAST one grade level behind in STEM subjects. 20% are five grade levels behind.

American states report shortages of special educators with 40-50% of new recruits leaving the field within 5 years.

of blind, low vision and vision-impaired k-12 students historically graduate from high school. High school dropouts are almost three times as likely to be unemployed than college graduates.

Assistive Tech (AT) has access and usage barriers that unfairly disadvantaging poorer BVI people. This digital divide is a human rights issue.

people with disabilities struggle to find work. If disabled workers experienced the same employment rate as those without a disability, nearly 14-million more disabled people would have been employed last year.

is the most common barrier to the employment of people with (visual) disabilities.

of employers can not identify how BVI persons perform any typical job task.

Vision loss and blindness are among the top 10 disabilities in the United States, causing substantial social, economic and psychological effects, including increased morbidity, increased mortality and decreased quality of life.

American minority adults have low health literacy, putting their families in jeopardy for vision loss. 

Glaucoma occurs about 5-times more often in African Americans, and blindness is about 6-times more common as compared to other races. 

LatinX have a 66% higher risk of developing diabetes (which can lead to vision loss) than their white peers.

of Asian Americans are affected by Myopia (nearsightedness). 

Job outlook for eye-health related career fields is projected to grow, including non-clinical careers, yet too few minorities consider these options.