This article explores issues related to working with visually impaired clients with diabetes, such as the effects of insulin, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, the timing of training, complications to the feet, and fluctuations in vision. It stresses that adjustment to diabetes is a far greater problem than adjustment to visual impairment and requires clients to make major changes in their lifestyles.
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