Topic 1: Basic Notions for Recognising and Identifying Visual Impairment
Understanding and empowering individuals with visual impairment starts with the basics: vision rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, and communication.
This topic covers:
how to communicate with blind people or people with low vision
how to work alongside blind people or people with low vision in work settings and daily situations
strategies for communication, teaching and operational methods for supporting a person with visual impairment in the “helping relationship”
understanding and developing visuospatial skills for the mental representation of images
