Patient Education Package2

Making a Difference: A Profile of Centre for Sight Enhancement
Author: Ms. Gothwal Vijaya Kumar

A wee bit of sight makes all the difference. When there is no medical or surgical treatment available to treat one's eye condition, the person with low vision need never lose hope. This video by the Centre for Sight Enhancement demonstrates how the Low Vision Specialist facilitates the optimal use of residual vision. It introduces the viewer to a range of Low Vision Devices including the telescope, stand magnifier, hand magnifier, and near vision glasses. It also emphasizes the importance of appropriate illumination, large print books, and high contrast stationery such as pens and notebooks. It documents the benefits of this approach in the lives of

Duration: 13:44 minutes
Year of Publication: ?

Way-finding: Guidelines for Persons with Low Vision

Author: Ms Christy Beula
Year of Publication: 2001

Safe and accurate navigation is an acquired skill that comes after long practice to persons with low vision. Orientation and Mobility Specialists provide the necessary guidelines to persons-with-visual-impairment to equip them to find their way about. In this video, we present mobility techniques that use optical aids and non-optical aids and recommend specific modifications in the surroundings to help persons-with-low-vision to “way-find.”

We take you through the steps involved in designing the Mobility Program, including Functional Vision Assessment, Personalized Mobility Requirements and Effective Use of Residual Vision. The video emphasizes the following points: identification of the indoor route, landmarks of the outdoor route, use of Sighted Guide Techniques and Cane Techniques, sharpening the remaining senses to correctly perceive auditory, tactual and olfactory clues when outdoors.

TRT: 36:12 minutes
Language: English

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* Community-Based Rehabilitation

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is the process of imparting training and providing rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired persons of the community. It differs from Institution-based rehabilitation in that services are provided in the community itself with the active participation of the community. The different components of CBR Services namely Medical Rehabilitation, Social rehabilitation, Educational Rehabilitation, Vocational Rehabilitation and Support Services are enumerated.

TRT: 19:18 minutes Hindi; 19:00 minutes English
Year of Publication: ?

* Seek And You Will Find - Parent Counseling

Parents of blind children are encouraged to take advantage of the many available rehabilitation services. Participating in Parents' Meet and sharing one's experiences, joys and fears proves to be an avenue for personal growth.

TRT: 16:30 minutes Telugu; 19:04 minutes English; 18:35 minutes Hindi

Year of Publication: ?

Orientation and Mobility

Author: Ms Mallineni Sharmila, Ms Krishnaswamy Deiva and Ms Christy Beula
Year of Publication: July 2000

* Lead Kindly Light: Techniques in Guiding and Leading the Blind

Sighted Guide Technique is defined as the technique in which a blind person is led or guided by a sighted person and both walk in a designated position. The technique comprises many situations that equip us to comfortably escort the blind helping them avoid objects in the way. The video presents the sighted guide technique for establishing contact, grip and hand position, walking, narrow space, ascending stairs, side change, passing through doorways, seating, rows of chairs, descending stairs, outward turn and inward turn.

TRT: 13:25 minutes English

Orientation and Mobility

Challenge and the Response: The Visually Impaired and Techniques of Orientation and Mobility

TRT: 15:00 minutes English

A. Indoor mobility

A blind person can independently and happily go about the chores at home once he or she is acquainted with the area enough to orient oneself to the rooms, objects and distances between separate areas. In this video we learn the techniques of indoor mobilty including Upper Body Protection, Lower Body Protection, Square Off and Search, that a blind person uses to remain mobile and safe when indoors.

B. Outdoor Mobility

We often stare at blind persons walking on the street unaided. They are able to remain mobile despite their lack of eye sight because they have mastered the art of orientation to the surroundings. They watch out for clues and landmarks that help them determine their direction and location. They use the cane as a veritable extension of their hands. This video explains the types of canes, the method of using the white cane and the different techniques of using the cane in various situations.

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