Book review: What to expect with AMD

Macular Degeneration by Paul Wallis, £12.99, swattbooks.co.uk

Author Paul Wallis is an optometrist based in Dorchester, Dorset. He started his career working at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, where he came across several patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in his Low Vision Aid (LVA) clinic but was unable to help them see as they once did. Frustrated, he sought a way to fix this problem. He moved to a rural practice in Dorset and decided to enter the Optician Awards, taking home the Vision for Life award in 2013, 17 years after winning the Independent Practice of the Year Award. Consequently, this win sowed the initial seeds for this book, as he felt compelled to find a way to help those with deteriorating vision due to AMD.