Audio Recordings for the Visually Impaired

The following literature is available as free audio recordings. CDs and USB drives are available free of charge to people living with diabetes and visual impairment or who have other print disabilities. Free MP3 downloads are available to everyone. The production of these materials was made possible through the generosity of the National Eye Institute's Healthy Vision Community Awards Program.

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Diabetes: the Basics
Everyone who has diabetes needs basic diabetes information—enough to know what to do, when to do it, and why it’s important. These recordings were created to provide that basic information in all the important areas of diabetes self-management: Healthy Eating, Being Active, Monitoring, Taking Medication, Problem Solving, Healthy Coping, and Reducing Risks.

The text for these recordings came from the basic information sheets produced by the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland. These recordings were originally produced to make the information available to people who have visual impairment. But there are other people who might find recorded information accessible and convenient – for example, people who have dyslexia, or who prefer audio rather than visual learning, or who understand spoken English better than written English, or who listen to recordings while commuting. The recordings are available to everyone!

Topics:

• General Information about Diabetes
  1. What is diabetes?
  2. Increased risk for diabetes, or pre-diabetes
  3. Working with your diabetes team
  
  
• Healthy Eating
  1. Diabetes and food
  2. Rate your plate
  3. How much should I eat?
  4. Meal planning with the diabetes food guide pyramid
  
  
• Being Active
  1. Diabetes and exercise
  2. Suggestions for people who don’t “exercise”
  
  
• Monitoring
  1. Introduction to monitoring
  2. Monitoring your blood sugar
  3. Before you buy a meter
  4. Hypoglycemia
  5. Hyperglycemia
  6. Monitoring your blood pressure
  
  
• Taking Medications
  1. General information about diabetes medicine
  2. Diabetes pills
  3. Insulin
  4. Diabetes injections that are not insulin
  
  
• Problem Solving
  1. Problem solving: Introduction
  2. Examples of problem solving low and high blood sugar
  
  
• Healthy Coping
  1. Emotional adjustment and diabetes
  2. Diabetes and stress
  
  
• Reducing Risks
  1. Reducing risks of complications
  2. Tests that show diabetes control
  3. Foot care
  4. Illness and sick days
  
  

Ownership Statement for Diabetes: The Basics
These recordings were produced as a collaborative project of the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland and the American Foundation for the Blind, with funding from the National Eye Institute’s Healthy Vision Award.

These materials may be freely reproduced and used for educational purposes. They may not, however, be commercially sold for a profit without the expressed permission of the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland.

This information is provided for general medical education purposes only, and is not meant to substitute for the independent judgment of a physician or other health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Living With Diabetes And Visual Impairment
Most people who have both diabetes and visual impairment are capable of living independently and performing all their own routine diabetes self-management tasks. To do so, they need to learn low vision and non-visual tools and techniques for daily living, and for performing diabetes self-management tasks. The purpose of these recordings is to provide information about the specialized tools and techniques that people with visual impairment need to do diabetes self-management independently.

The text for these recordings appears on the web site of the American Foundation for the Blind, in a section entitled, “Diabetes and Vision Loss: A Guide to Caring for Yourself When You Have Vision Loss.” The American Foundation for the Blind has a wealth of other information in a variety of accessible formats, to help people with visual impairment understand vision loss and live active, productive lives. To learn more about what they have available, you can call 800-232-5463, or go to the web site at www.afb.org.

Topics:

• General Information
  1. Introduction
  2. Your diabetes 411 page
  
  
• Healthy Eating: Diabetes and Food
  
  
• Being Active
  1. Being Active: General Information
  2. Living an Active Lifestyle
  
  
• Monitoring
  1. Monitoring blood glucose: 5 frequently asked questions
  2. Talking blood glucose meters
  3. Talking blood pressure monitors, weight scales, and thermometers
  
  
• Taking Medications
  1. Introduction
  2. Know your meds
  3. Guidelines for prescription labeling
  4. Management of insulin
  
  
• Problem Solving
  
  
• Healthy Coping
  1. Your emotional health
  2. Diabetes and vision loss: myths and reality
  3. Shedding the stigma of diabetes and visual impairment
  
  
• Reducing Risks
  1. Reducing risks
  2. Instructions for nonvisual foot examination
  
  

Ownership Statement for Living with Diabetes and Visual Impairment
These recordings were produced as a collaborative project of the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland and the American Foundation for the Blind, with funding from the National Eye Institute’s Healthy Vision Award.

This information is copyrighted by the American Foundation for the Blind and is reproduced with its permission for educational purposes only. The content may not be sold or otherwise disseminated without AFB's permission.

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Please call (216) 591-0800 for information about these materials or to order over the phone.