Each Day Brings New Hope, As Well As New Top-Quality Vision Aids
Designed to Help Folks with Low Vision Lead More Independent Lives

Low vision impacts approximately 11 million Americans – and it doesn’t discriminate based on age or gender. It is estimated that 1 in 12 people over the age of 40 will experience low vision, making it the leading cause of vision loss in adults over 40.

If you have low vision, there is help and there is hope. What’s more, there are solutions available to help you see better and live more independently, including specialized glasses, medications (if applicable to you), and superb low vision aids designed to improve and elevate your everyday life.

Assess Your Needs to Bring the Most Helpful Vision Aids into Your Life

Orcam MyEye Smart

Before you buy any type of visual aid assess what your day-to-day needs are. This process is as simple as asking yourself things such as, “What am I trying to accomplish?”, “Do my eyes trouble me enough that it interferes with my everyday living?”, “Am I missing details while reading or watching TV?”, “ Do I have difficulty driving at night?”, “Are there any visual activities in which I participate in that can be improved by better eyesight?”

Adapt Your Surroundings

A lot of simple changes and visual impairment aids, such as a Talking Watch,
can be brought into your life relatively quickly when you are open-minded about how things in your home should look and operate, as well as your welcoming of new and helpful products. 

For example, make sure that all of your kitchen appliances are labeled so they can be accessed and used easily. Don’t hesitate to ask others for help when trying to improve things at home; after all, one person alone cannot do everything themselves! And turn to visually impaired products such as Low Vision Magnifiers, a Call Button Kit, and so very much more.

Visually Impaired Products / Vision Aids You’ll Simply Love!

There are tons of great products that are designed specifically to help make life so much easier for those with low vision.

Try a Giant Calendar. With a Large Print Calendar, there'll be no more squinting and struggling to see the calendar or write notes for any particular day!

A Talking Color Detector offers you a wide range of useful applications - from checking the color of clothing to the ripeness of fruit.

Need a Walking Stick or Cane to help get around? No problem! Get one that is comfortable and portable and easy to use.

This Low Vision Month, go for it – make some simple changes you need for a more independent life. And always feel great about yourself and your capabilities!

For anyone in an office environment— whether it’s an at-home office back out to your office location— MaxiAids has low vision calculators for those who are blind or visually impaired.

Our collection of desktop Talking Calculators feature large LCD displays and are incredibly easy to use. Our desktop calculators can be used in the office or out on the go! We have something for everyone in the market for a low vision calculator, even talking calculators with headphones for extra privacy.

Browse our Low Vision Calculators with large numbers, talking calculators, portable calculators, and any calculator product needed to make your office day easier.

10-Digit Talking Calculator-Earphone-Talking Alarm

Desk-Top Talking Calculator

Low Vision Talking Scientific Graphing Calculator-English-Spanish

Reizen 12-Digit Jumbo Talking Calculator

Platon XL Talking Low Vision Scientific Calculator

Calculator Hybrid Power Business 12 Digits

Calculator W2-Linetrack Back

QuickProfit Business Calculator

Reizen 12-Digit Jumbo Talking Calculator w-Earbuds

Platon Talking Scientific Calculator

Whether you're looking for a portable calculator or one to rest on your desk, we've got you covered. Shop more Low Vision Products for the office today!

Heading back to school means a need for low vision aids for visually impaired students. Whether you need magnifiers for reading, on-the-go, or with a light built in, our selection of Bar Magnifiers, Handheld Magnifiers, Dome Magnifiers, and Stand Magnifiers will help start the school year off right.

Reading aids are a necessity for back to school, as are computer screen magnifiers. All of MaxiAids’ Magnifiers are here to bring your world into focus. If you need extra help focusing in the classroom or during virtual learning, magnification devices can help!

We have a wide variety of magnifying products that can set you up for success this school year. Browse our selection of Handheld, Dome, or Stand Magnifiers for back to school in a range of magnification strengths for your convenience. 

EZ Magnibar Combo -2 Magnifiers -1 with Yellow and 1 Aqua Tracker Line

MagniBar LED Lighted 2x Bar Magnifier

10x LED Lighted Handheld Magnifier

3.5x Handheld and 3x Stand Magnifier Combo Kit

6x Hollow Dome Loupe Magnifier

Coil Visual Tracking Magnifier - Red Soft-Grip Rim

REIZEN 5x Dome Magnifier with Glass Lens

REIZEN LED Stand Magnifier - 7X

10x Handheld and Stand Magnifier Combo Kit

COIL UK Raylite 3 LED Stand Magnifier 3.9x 11.7D

Make back-to-school tasks easier by using any of MaxiAids’ Magnifiers. We also have Pendant Magnifiers, Electronic Video Magnifiers, Page Magnifiers, Hands-Free Magnifiers, and Professional Magnifiers.

Visually impaired people can have as much fun as anyone else with MaxiAids’ selection of low vision Ball Games. As part of our wide inventory of Recreational & Fun products, we have low vision aids that will keep everyone included in the outdoor fun.

Choose from adaptive audible balls for soccer, basketball, football, rugby, cricket, softball, and more! Beeping balls let visually impaired players know where the ball is going by its sound instead of using sight. For a more versatile low vision aid, we have a Mini Beeper that attaches to any ball. We also have balls with bells or rattles to let players know where to locate the ball when it’s moving.

Below are inclusive Ball Games for visually impaired users, so they can use their sense of sound instead of sight to locate where the ball is going.

Beeping Foam Football

Beeping Foam Soccer Ball

Reizen Firestorm Soccer Ball with Rattle

Reizen RockStar Rugby Ball with Bells

Reizen Samba Soccer Ball with Bells

Reizen Spiral Mini Ball with Bells

Star Soccer Ball with Bells - Yellow

Soccerball with Double Bells Inside

Mini Beeper

Get outdoors this spring and summer and participate in any ball game you want, with MaxiAids’ selection of low vision Ball Games. Browse now!

How the Blind experience live theatre shows...

Blind, vision impaired, and low vision show lovers now have theatre access.  Many playhouses around the country are starting to provide tactile 'on stage' walking tours and audio described performances during a live show.

A pre-show tour may include walking on the stage, feeling the set and props, meeting the actors and touching the costumes.  Touch tours before a show give those with sight impairment opportunities to touch and feel the textured costumes, wigs, explore the sets hands on, and talk with the actors, getting a feel of what is on the stage and how the performers are dressed.  This provides a mental visualization and sets up the story for the live performance. 

Audio described shows are used with headsets so the blind or visually impaired can hear the audio describers provide a live descriptive scenario of the visual components of the performance in-between the dialogues of the performing actors.  Audio descriptions give detailed explanations of scenes and set changes through the headsets.  Select performances will provide specially trained describers who verbalize what is happening on stage during pauses in dialogue.  Individuals listen through a receiver with a single earpiece, keeping them informed throughout the show.  Some theatres invite their sight impaired audience to come on stage after a show and have an instructed dance with the performers.

When researching for accessible live plays, it's good to know what theatres provide these individual services depending on the disability challenges.  There are many symbols to look for when trying to book show tickets.  Some of these include Open and Closed Captioning, Audio Description Live and Pre-recorded, Hearing Loop Systems and Hearing Assistive Listening Devices, Autism Friendly, Sign Language and Wheelchair Accessible.  The Broadway theatre district, as well as theatres and playhouses in other states, are now starting to offer more and more accessibility to their audiences, so everyone can enjoy the show!  http://theatreaccess.nyc/how-it-works

MaxiAids has many products to help enhance independence and accessibility so you or your loved ones can enjoy activities and entertainment to the fullest!   Explore our products for the blind, low vision aids, blind accessories, and products for the visually impaired. For the hearing impaired there are products to choose from including hearing amplification devices and hearing aids.  --Audrey Leonard

Scott Smiley became the first blind active duty officer and first blind company commander to remain in the U.S. Army after being blinded by a roadside bomb in Iraq during a suicide explosion in 2005.  It took some time for the Officer to accept his new life, but with his supportive and encouraging wife Tiffany by his side, he began to focus on his new life rather than focusing on the hardship.  He wanted to find the good that can come from these challenges, triumph over the loss of his sight, and inspire others in the process. 

• Serve others. "Give back more than we receive." 
• Live with purpose. "No matter what trials and tribulations may face us, if we stay the true course we can live with a purpose."
• Lead by example. "Understand what you're asking others to do.  You shouldn't lead an organization unless you understand the mission."
• Persevere. "Life is worth living.  We all go through trials and hardship. Working through those trials, we all can improve."