Eye Health & Learning
Low vision
Low vision generally refers to significant vision difficulty that remains even after appropriate treatment or ordinary spectacle correction and affects everyday activities.
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The goal is effective access
Low-vision support is not about promising normal vision. It is about helping a person use available vision effectively and reducing barriers in learning and daily participation.
Possible tools
Depending on professional assessment, support may include magnification, monocular devices, enlarged or adapted materials, improved contrast, lighting changes and other assistive visual tools.
The learner needs to understand the tool
Providing equipment without teaching the learner how and when to use it can limit its value. Families and educators may also need practical guidance.
Support should be individual
Different learners with similar clinical descriptions may function differently. Low-vision interventions should therefore be matched to the person, task and environment rather than distributed as generic equipment.