Webinars

Jenny has been one of Retina SA members for many years.

She is a creative communicator, independence coach, low vision awareness consultant and an innovator.

Her experience of living with Stargardts Dystrophy, for more than 45 years, has given her a unique perspective on navigating life, relationships, physical environments, public transport and digital spaces independently. 

In this talk inspired by a TED talk that she heard by Melissa J Moore (Chief Scientific Officer at Moderna), Karen Denton (Head of Advocacy and Education at Retina SA) talks about the mRNA vaccine and so much more.

In this talk Benjamin Pedro, Smart Digital Facilitator who works at the Cape Town Society for the Blind shares some tips on how to use your smart phone sucessfully with either no or little sighted assitance.

We live in a world where misconceptions abound, false information is freely available, and there is much in our daily lives that we do unwittingly. Sometimes our actions are more beneficial than we realise, but sometimes there could be problems.

This short talk outlines a few of these practices that we may even take for granted, without realising the implications

We all know how challenging it is for our youth entering the workplace and these challenges are compounded when someone is visually impaired.

In this video Shaakirah (Occupational Therapist from the Cape Town Society for the Blind) provides some usual tools when taking that huge step of entering the workplace.

At Retina South Africca we are often asked why doctors prescribe different medications for various people who have the same condition e.g. Diabetes or Macular Degeneration.

This talk explores the reasons – and more …

It is often amazing what facts we overlook, especially with regard to our health. To compound this, there a huge amount of misinformation and disinformation on various media, and current ongoing research can make it difficult to further separate fact from fiction.

This talk addresses a few important factors that could impact our health and our eyes ..

In this webinar Karen Denton (Head of Advocacy and Education) speaks about the common causes of vision loss, Refractive Error, Cataracts (age related and diabetes), Glaucoma, Age Related Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Diabetic Retinopathy.

The Diabetes/Covid Pandemics…

How does Covid19 effect Diabetes. How does Diabetes effect Covid?

This talk will delve into the twin pandemics and examine what bearing each has on the other.

Be motivated, educated and inspired by these speakers who are living well, with retinal conditions.

In this Webinar Manny Moodley (Chairman – Retina SA), Anton van Rooyen (Deputy Chairman – Retina SA), Alani Ferreira (Youth Team Member – Retina SA) and Claudette Medefindt (Head of Science & Patient Services)  talk about their life journeys with Inherited Retinal Vision Loss.

In this Webinar Karen Denton (Head of Advocacy and Education) at Retina SA talks about Art and Vision and in particular understanding visual defects with reference to classical artists and the effects that their vision loss had on their work throughout their lives.

Many famous artists presented with a variety of visual problems. A few had more than one pathology and some were labelled as visually impaired based on their art. Many showed deteriorating vision with time. As we look at a few of these ask yourself what effect did vision have on each one’s work vs their artistic approach.

In this two part webinar on World Retina Day 2021, Karen Denton Head of Advocacy and Claudette Medefindt – Head of Science ask 10 important question about Loving your Eyes.

Alani, Kgosi and Michele talk about Loving Your Life. Listen to their stories. 

Karen Denton Head of Advocacy and Education at Retina South Africa discusses why people react differently to different meds and why medications prescribed for one person should not be shared with other people.

Parmacogenomics is a critical area for improving drug therapy and prescriptions in the future. 

Jonathan Abro (UK) was the guest speaker at the Retina SA Annual General Meeting that was held on the 14 August 2021. In this video Jonathan Abro [UK] who has Retinitis Pigmentosa and who has been involved with computers since his early teenage years discusses his journey through sight loss and how technology has assisted him professionally and in everyday tasks.

The Retina SA Annual General Meeting was held on the 14 August 2021 via Zoom. 

If you were unable to attend click on the recording to view the proceedings. 

In this webinar Karen Denton head of Advocacy and Education at Retina South Africa talks about Charles Bonnet Syndrome.  This condition is often under-recognised, under-reported and under diagnosed.
Charles Bonnet Syndrome refers to the visual hallucinations caused by the brain’s adjustment to significant vision loss and is not a sign of mental illness.