Will AI replace Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists?

−Already happening(1)

• Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.

~Within reach(8)

• Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
• Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
• Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
• Participate in professional development activities, such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
• Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counselors, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists, to provide client solutions.

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+Out of reach(12)

• Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
• Train clients with visual impairments to use mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
• Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
• Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
• Teach self-advocacy skills to clients.

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