Low Vision: What it's Like to Live with Vision Loss (Book, 2026) | Gordon Legge & the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research

I’m proud to announce the publication of my new book, Low Vision – What It’s Like to Live with Vision Loss. Here’s a link to

the Amazon announcement.

My book describes the experience of living with the many types of vision impairment, and the corresponding everyday challenges and solutions. Low vision is any form of vision impairment, not correctable by glasses or contacts, resulting from eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and cataract. Low vision is a broad spectrum lying between total blindness and normal vision. The number of people with low vision is rising rapidly as our population ages. Almost everyone has or will have a family member with low vision.

Despite the high prevalence and life-changing importance for everyday activities, there is little awareness and understanding of low vision among the general public and even in the medical community. My book is aimed at a broad audience including students (medical, nursing, optometric, neuroscience, and psychology), professionals in eye care, rehabilitation, and education, and people with low vision themselves, their families, and friends. I hope my book will also be useful to industry, policymakers and others interested in inclusive design and accessibility. My goal is to describe the diverse nature of low vision, how it is measured and characterized, and its impact on everyday life.