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ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY THERAPIST FOR THE BLIND

Specialty Definition: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY THERAPIST FOR THE BLIND

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Assists blind and visually impaired clients to achieve personal adjustment and maximum independence through training in techniques of daily living: Interviews clients, analyzes client's lifestyle, and administers assessment tests to determine present and required or desired orientation and mobility skills. Trains clients in awareness of physical environment through sense of smell, hearing, and touch, and to travel alone, with or without cane, through use of variety of actual or simulated travel situations and exercises. Teaches clients personal and home management skills, and communication skills, such as eating, grooming, dressing, coin and money identification, cooking, and use of telephone and bathroom facilities. Teaches clients to protect body, using hands and arms to detect obstacles. Instructs clients in arts, crafts, and recreational skills, such as macrame, leatherworking, sewing, ceramics, and playing piano to improve sense of touch, coordination, and motor skills. Teaches clients to read and write Braille. Instructs client in use of reading machines and common electrical devices, and in development of effective listening techniques. Instructs clients in group activities, such as swimming, dancing, or playing modified sports activities to encourage and increase capacity for social participation and improve general health. Prepares progress report to allow members of rehabilitation team to evaluate clients' ability to perform varied activities essential to daily living. May develop and implement individualized orientation and mobility instructional program for blind and visually impaired and be designated Orientation And Mobility Instructor (education). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY THERAPIST FOR THE BLIND


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 52 49 45 4E 54 41 54 49 4F 4E      41 4E 44      4D 4F 42 49 4C 49 54 59      54 48 45 52 41 50 49 53 54      46 4F 52      54 48 45      42 4C 49 4E 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010010 01001001 01000101 01001110 01010100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01001101 01001111 01000010 01001001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010000 01001001 01010011 01010100 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0052 0049 0045 004E 0054 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E      0041 004E 0044      004D 004F 0042 0049 004C 0049 0054 0059      0054 0048 0045 0052 0041 0050 0049 0053 0054      0046 004F 0052      0054 0048 0045      0042 004C 0049 004E 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495243394854355443494823548382474936434643545925442395235504353542404952254423923646434838

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