Orientation and mobility for persons with low vision should not be a mere extension of programs for the totally blind. Since seeing is a learning process, low vision clients, if encouraged and correctly taught, can make full use of their sight to perform tasks hitherto believed impossible, such as locating items in a supermarket.
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