Connected News: NCBI launches awareness app

A new smartphone app called AMD Aware has been launched by the National Council for the Blind in Ireland (NCBI).

Model mum Alison Canavan and TV presenter Anne Doyle at the launch of a AMD Aware.

A new smartphone app called AMD Aware has been launched by the National Council for the Blind in Ireland (NCBI) aimed at bringing home the stark reality of life for a person with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). There are approximately 22,000 people in Ireland living with sight loss as a result of AMD.

With AMD Aware, the user can at the touch of a button view for themselves what the world is like ...