Low vision care: who can help?
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• They are not blind, so rehabilitation workers may not feel able to help them • Clinicians (ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, and other mid-level personnel) feel there is nothing more they can do • Optometrists and refractionists can improve their vision, but cannot help them to see ‘normally’ • Special education teachers are usually trained just to work with children who are blind, and may not have the additional training needed to help children use low vision devices and advise them about where to sit and the importance of using their vision.
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