OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Medicine helps tens of thousands of patients every year, but one unique facility on campus can’t be found anywhere else.

Nestled away on Nebraska Med’s campus is a modest home with a kitchen, dining room, and office. The one-of-a-kind vision center is designed to help people with low vision learn to navigate daily activities.

“This is a facility dedicated to helping people explore adaptive equipment that can make it easier for them to go about doing day-to-day things,” said Dr. Shepherd.

Twila Westercamp has macular degeneration and said she has lost a lot of vision. Doing day-to-day activities became challenging, but one trip to the mailbox changed her life.

“I took this out of the mailbox, and I could actually read this. It had gotten to the point where

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