Low Vision Rehabilitation/1ː What is low vision and low vision rehabilitation?/set of questions


 * 1) Why is it important to a patient that we define disability or vision impairment?
 * 2) How does the World Health Organization (WHO) define ‘low vision’?
 * 3) According to the WHO definition, can you classify Mrs Scope as having ‘low vision’?
 * 4) What is the definition of ‘impairment’? How does this definition specifically relate to vision?
 * 5) Do you think Mrs Scope has an ‘impairment’? Discuss.
 * 6) Define ‘disability’ and explain how this relates to the sense of vision.
 * 7) Do you think Mrs Scope is disabled? Explain why/why not.
 * 8) Define ‘handicap’ and explain whether this definition can be applied to Mrs Scope.
 * 9) 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?