In her commentary printed in this issue, Jane Erin, the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness’s (JVIB) editor emerita, describes how early in her career she was given the advice to “call the American Foundation for the Blind” whenever she had a question about issues related to the fields of education and rehabilitation of people with visual impairments. I am someone who was given similar counsel about the resources of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Just now, I wanted to know how many people living in this country have visual impairments, so I turned to AFB’s website. There, I learned that 2018 estimates from a respected national survey established that over 32 million Americans report having trouble seeing, even when wearing corrective lenses. That number represents approximately 13% of all adults in the United States—more than 1 in every 10 people.

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数字的重要性：遇到问题时要与谁联系？

在《视觉障碍与失明杂志》（JVIB）的简·爱琳（Jane Erin）的本期评论中，）编辑emerita，描述了在她职业生涯的早期，每当她对视力障碍者的教育和康复领域相关的问题有疑问时，都会给她“打电话给美国盲人基金会”的建议。我曾为美国盲人基金会（AFB）的资源提供过类似的咨询。刚才，我想知道这个国家有多少人有视力障碍，所以我转到了AFB的网站。在那儿，我了解到，一项备受推崇的全国性调查对2018年所做的估计表明，即使戴着矫正眼镜，也有超过3200万的美国人表示看不到眼球。该数字约占美国所有成年人的13％，即每10个人中就有超过1％的成年人。