The role of habilitation services in the lives of children and adolescents with visual impairments

Previous research suggests that children and adolescents with visual impairment may face several challenges in their academic learning socio-emotional development due to restricted mobility, feelings of loneliness, dependency on others. Habilitation services attempt provide support respect many these positively impact well-being mental health, such as enabling independence daily tasks, participation social activities, developing self-confidence. The literature also shows individuals who have received educational vocational rehabilitation report higher quality life more positive self-esteem. Therefore, the primary focus this study was rehabilitation, recreational opportunities, resources provided by vision habilitation for impairments. role play school life, well impairments examined. This covers perspectives professional staff, parents, children, considers both immediate potential long-term benefits services. findings highlighted has adolescents’ independence, personal-safety, indicated health families providing continued expanding recreation