SCLV Specialty Certification

In a sense I feel I am addressing both blog entry options in that I was unaware of OT practice in the field of ophthalmology and I also find it to be the most interesting specialty certification.  My initial interest arose from my own multiple struggles with vision since I was about seven years old.  I feel as if there's a deeper passion in your day to day work when you have some personal connection or empathy in what exactly you are doing.  Hence, once of the reasons I chose occupational therapy since empathy is one of our key foundations! Reading about SCLV on the AOTA website is the first knowledge I have of what low vision actually is.  When first thinking of low vision, I thought it was likely to be for those who commonly struggled to see without visual aids or surgery.  From the AOTA website I learned it is actually far more complex and defined as a condition limiting a person from performing everyday activities and the vision cannot be corrected by lenses, medical intervention, or surgery.  The website also gave helpful information on what is considered low vision and what conditions are not.  I am really interested in learning further where the distinction lies between occupational therapy in the field of vision and ophthalmology.  Dr. Weisser-Pike would be a great person for me to reach out to in order to gather more information about her experiences as an OT certified in SCLV.  The SCLV specialty certification is so foreign to me that I'm excited to learn what it's all about!