Low Vision Rehabilitation/1ː What is low vision and low vision rehabilitation?/set of questions
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- Why is it important to a patient that we define disability or vision impairment?
- How does the World Health Organization (WHO) define ‘low vision’?
- According to the WHO definition, can you classify Mrs Scope as having ‘low vision’?
- What is the definition of ‘impairment’? How does this definition specifically relate to vision?
- Do you think Mrs Scope has an ‘impairment’? Discuss.
- Define ‘disability’ and explain how this relates to the sense of vision.
- Do you think Mrs Scope is disabled? Explain why/why not.
- Define ‘handicap’ and explain whether this definition can be applied to Mrs Scope.
- Do you think you have enough information about her case history in order to classify Mrs Scope as either having impairment, disability or handicap? What other information would you need?