Driving With Confidence: A Practical Guide To Driving With Low Vision

Millions of people, in the US and other parts of the world, face the grim prospect of losing their driving privileges, their mobility, and to a great extent their freedom, due to a deterioration in their eyesight or a disabling eye disease.Driving with Confidence is an empowering tool. Its message is simple: In many cases, people with low vision can and do receive, retain and safely exercise their driving privileges.The book presents a clear, no-nonsense discussion on the realities of low vision conditions, together with a practical program designed to help low vision individuals maximize their chances of retaining and/or extending their driving privileges. It also provides a detailed description of driving vision regulations in every state in the US.Site of interest: www.BiopticDriving.org which is a non profit group concerned with advocating the use of bioptics for driving.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Doron Peli, Doron (Eci Telecome Peli, Eli Peli, Eli (The Schepens Eye Research Institute) Peli, Peli Doron, Peli Eli
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.01.2002
• EAN: 9789810247058
• ISBN: 978-981-02-4705-8
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Nichtklinische Fächer; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / Driver Education, Coping with disability, Disability: social aspects, Roadcraft and driving, Roadcraft, driving & the Highway Code, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability, HEALTH & FITNESS / Disability