Rehabilitation teaching of blind persons employs many of the principles used in the allied professions of special education, social case work, orientation and mobility, vocational rehabilitation and guidance counseling, and occupational therapy. But the way these principles are applied, along with other highly specialized skills, serves to create the distinct profession of rehabilitation teacher of the blind.
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