Vision: Smart Phone Accessibility And Applicable Apps For Low Vision
Course: #5859Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 3563 Reviews
Types and purposes of smartphone accessibility features will be identified to use with those with low vision will be reviewed in this course. This is part of the Vision Virtual Conference.
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, 06123; CE Broker/1.0 General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-997582; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Rehabilitation
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to evaluate the various types and purposes of smartphone accessibility to coincide with the needs of the client with visual impairment.
- After this course, participants will be able to analyze two or more apps that will facilitate the use of remaining functional vision, when appropriate, to visually access written ADL/IADL materials.
- After this course, participants will be able to evaluate three or more apps that utilize sight-substitution strategies to access important ADL/IADL materials.
Course created on February 15, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Evidence of use of smartphones' accessibility features and apps by clients with visual impairment |
| 15-30 Minutes | Accessibility features for low vision on low vision in iOS and Android |
| 30-55 Minutes | Demonstration of various apps available on iOS, emphasizing those also on Andriod |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
Reviews
3563 ReviewsPresented By
Noel Guidry
OTD, OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT
Noel Guidry received a Bachelor of Health Science Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Florida in 1997. She obtained a Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy and a Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation from the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2020. She has been granted the AOTA Specialty Board Certification in Low Vision (SCLV) and is also a Certified Low Vision Therapist (CLVT) through the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals. She completed an IRB-approved study addressing assistive technology access and use among clients with visual impairment. Her article, An Evaluation of a Clinic-Based Low Vision Device Lending Library, was published in the February 8, 2022, issue of Occupational Therapy in Health Care. She has extensive clinical experience at the Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville, serving on all units, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, ortho/medical complexity, and spinal cord injury. She has also worked in acute care, skilled nursing, hospice, and neurorehabilitation outpatient settings. She worked for the Brooks Rehabilitation Center for Low Vision from July 2018 to December 2022. Presently, she has transitioned into ownership of a private practice. InSight OT Services and Consulting provides home-based outpatient low-vision occupational therapy in Northeast Florida. Additionally, she serves as adjunct faculty at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in the MOT/OTD residential programs.
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Content Disclosure: This course will focus on Android and iOS accessibility features and various available apps for individuals with visual impairment.
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