The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines occupations as “Various kinds of life activities in which individuals, groups or populations engage, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation” (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2014). Two of the most important occupations that an individual engages in are activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The term ADL refers to tasks that are almost automatic and involve taking care of one’s own personal health, while the term IADL refers to tasks that involve both the home and the community. (AOTA, 2014). Low vision is a growing health condition that can have a substantial impact on the performance of such daily occupations.…
During the time I was blindfolded, I realized that I could relate to John Hull, Mike May, and Sabriye Tenberken to some degree. I found that I used some of the techniques that they would in order to get around every day. Like John Hull, when he states “Lampposts, kerbs and stairways are the best teachers” (pg. 15), I felt that every time I bumped into something or tripped over something, the better I became at walking with a blindfold on. I could get a sense of where objects were after bumping into things a couple of times. When I was walking to the park I could feel the wind on my face, and hear the rustling of the leaves.…
Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” In the novel Tangerine, the main character, Paul, is visually impaired, but he has the best sight of any character in the book. He can see people’s true personalities, answers from past events, and the blindness of other characters. In the story, Edward Bloor uses the motif of sight to show that sight is not only about what people can view, but what people can infer and find meaning in. Paul can see people’s true motives, find meaning in past events, and the blindness of others.…
She did’t approve of the glasses. If you had weak eyes, Mom believed, they needed exercise to get strong. ”(96). Lori eventually gets glasses, it is the first time in which she ever sees with clear…
The patient walks into the vacant waiting room with terror not knowing what her results will be. She was then led to a room, where she would be examined. The phoropter sitting in the corner next to the chair where she sat. Across the room on the wall lay a paper with letters differing from one another in size. The optometrist walks in to examine the patient’s eyes and test her vision.…
When you don't have perfect vision, it's not considered a life threatening or even life altering condition. It just means you need a pair of prescription glasses. It is remarkable how two pieces of clear plastic or glass mounted on a frame, work so well at restoring one of the most important of your five senses. If only other problems could be remedied so easily. How do prescription glasses work?…
Trochanteric Hip Bursitis Treatment Trochanteric bursitis is inflammation of the bursa at the outside point of the hip. A bursa is a fluid filled sack near a joint. This sack functions as gliding surface to reduce friction between body tissues. The plural of bursa is bursae. The major bursae are usually located near large joints such as elbows, shoulders, knees and hips.…
Analysis Does everyone with eyesight have the ability to see clearly? Or does a blind person have a better understanding of truly seeing? The principal of Cathedral has an important underlining issue: a narrator who obliviously disregards blindness while being ignorant to his own restrictions in sight. Unquestionably, the narrator is able to see with his eyes but subconsciously don’t see the limits he has on himself. This short story overall is about divine existence; that is, a life outside the confines of physical things.…
Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” I believe this lesson is something I will carry with me throughout my career as an occupational therapist, as well as in…
When our story opens on Phoenix’s journey, the first of character attribute we are introduced to is her very poor eyesight, as we see her finding her path by taping the ground with a re-proposed umbrella. Phoenix’s near complete lack of vision is…
“Good eye, Matt! I would hear from beyond the dugout as I took the first pitch at bat. The pitcher wound-up and threw in the second pitch and I swung. I missed terribly, and my coaches thought so, too.…
But in the end they helped and believed in themselves. In reading All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, courage and bravery is shown to overcome disabilities and obstacles; a second predominant theme is the knowledge of knowing that other people may help you learn and grow, but it's up to you to survive and save yourself. To start with, Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig are faced with many responsibilities and difficulties. Marie-Laure is blind…
Watching my close relative suffer with strabismus throughout her childhood made me realise how sight deficiency can lead to severe physical and psychological effects in someone. Empathising with her struggles from an early age made me aware of the reliance on our eyesight. Ultimately I was motivated to attend a talk regarding optometry which enhanced my knowledge of the course and gave me a chance to operate optical instruments. Acknowledging my ambition beforehand made me choose A-level subjects related to optometry.…
Most people want to be remembered as a prom queen, a state champion or a superlative scholar. My classmates will remember me as the girl who was always on crutches. Although it was problematic, it taught me some extremely valuable lessons. I have torn my MCL and ACL in my right knee, and my ACL and meniscus in my left knee. This resulted in four surgeries within three years.…
When I was seven years old, things started to become clearer to me. Not because I had this sudden realization that got me to think differently and start seeing the world in a new way. Although, I did start seeing the world in a new way. The reason I started seeing things differently is because when I was seven years old I got my first pair of prescription glasses. There was quite a bit of a lead up to getting these glasses.…