Vision Rehabilitation Assessment, Intervention, and Outcomes

This volume reflects the latest advances in practice, research, technology and design from unique international perspectives. Topics cover the life span and include low vision diagnosis and management, education and rehabilitation, mobility and environmental concerns, access issues of design, technology, the workplace, international models of rehabilitation/ habilitation, psychosocial issues, family involvement and age-related vision loss as well as professional preparation of the vision related workforce. Global and local public awareness strategies are included along with special topics such as multiple impairments, HIV/AIDS-related vision loss along with planning and service deliver issues.The multidisciplinary papers appeal to low vision ophthalmologists and optometrists, low vision therapists, orthoptists, psychosocial and vision researchers, educators, rehabilitation teachers, career/job counselors, orientation and mobility specialists, psychologists, social workers, architects and designers. The articles have been selected from more than 750 presentations at the international conference Vision '99.Steun, Cynthia S. is the author of 'Vision Rehabilitation Assessment, Intervention, and Outcomes' with ISBN 9789026516313 and ISBN 9026516312.