Editorial
Issue Date: January/February 2020
Published Online: December 21, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
Occupational Therapy Interventions for People With Low Vision
Julie Ann Nastasi
Author Affiliations
  • Julie Ann Nastasi, ScD, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV, CLA, FAOTA, is Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA; julie.nastasi@scranton.edu
Article Information
Evidence-Based Practice / Neurologic Conditions / Rehabilitation, Participation, and Disability / Vision / Guest Editorial
Editorial   |   December 21, 2019
Occupational Therapy Interventions for People With Low Vision
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2019, Vol. 74, 7401170010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.741001
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2019, Vol. 74, 7401170010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.741001
Abstract

The special section in this issue advances research for occupational therapy interventions for people with low vision. Three systematic reviews provide evidence for occupational therapy interventions in the areas of activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, leisure and social participation, and reading. In addition, the special section addresses oculomotor treatment in traumatic brain injury, normative data for the Dynavision, and properties of a ScanCourse.