[visionrehabtherapist] Re: OTs...FW: The MAGNIFIER - ISSUE #92 JULY - SEPT 2013

  • From: Coby Livingstone <coby.livingstone@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tterlau@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:39:11 -0600

Apprently the author of the article in "The Magnifier" is the director of
Vision Rehabilitation at Community Services in Mobile, AL.
Coby


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Terrie Terlau <tterlau@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is appalling!
> I don't have the answers, but our professions need need need to be
> licensed so that these specialized activities can only be legally performed
> by our professions! I realize the problem of small numbers, but heavens, we
> need licensure!
> Terrie Terlau
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Polly Abbott
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:05 PM
> To: visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] OTs...FW: The MAGNIFIER - ISSUE #92 JULY -
> SEPT 2013
>
> There is an article in "The Magnifier" written by Joe Fontenot, MD, CLVT
> which states that "...formal Orientation and Mobility training by an
> Occupational Therapist may be needed. This could include use of the long
> white cane and possibly even a guide dog."
> If Dr. Fontenot is on this listserv, I would certainly be interested in
> how he came to make that statement! (I do not understand how a person can
> seek ACVREP certification for CLVT and be unaware of COMS).
>
> Polly Abbott CVRT, Orientation and Mobility Specialist Certified Vision
> Rehabilitation Therapist Director of Rehabilitation Services Second Sense
> 65 E. Wacker Place Suite 1010
> Chicago, IL 60601
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Austin
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:50 PM
> To: Polly Abbott
> Subject: FW: The MAGNIFIER - ISSUE #92 JULY - SEPT 2013
>
> Here's the article I was talking about.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Magnifier [mailto:keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:21 AM
> To: Kathy Austin
> Subject: The MAGNIFIER - ISSUE #92 JULY - SEPT 2013
>
> Please find attached the latest version of the MAGNIFIER Newsletter from
> the Macular Degeneration Foundation.
>
> The online PDF version is produced in full color and designed to read on
> your computer monitor with the ability to adjust its magnification in Adobe
> Reader and use hyperlinks embedded into the document.  A separate TEXT
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