Orli Weisser-Pike OTD, OTR/L, CLVT, SCLV, CAPS, FAOTA

Orli Weisser-Pike OTD, OTR/L, CLVT, SCLV, CAPS, FAOTA, is an assistant professor of occupational therapy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has over 20 years of clinical experience in a wide variety of settings and has for the past 17 years specialized in treating people disabled by vision loss. In 2013 she received the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Recognition of Achievement Award for Leadership and Advancement in Low Vision; in the same year she received the AOTA Jeanette Bair Writer's Award for her article in OT Practice on caregivers of people with low vision. From 2004 to 2006 she served on the AOTA Low Vision Specialty Certification Panel that developed standards for the Specialty Certification in Low Vision (SCLV), launched in 2006, and was a portfolio reviewer for applicants seeking SCLV recognition from 2006 through 2018. Orli was an item writer and co-chair of the Subject Matter Expert Committee in Low Vision Therapy of the Academy for Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) between 2010 and 2020 and is presently the Secretary of the Board of Directors of ACVREP. In addition to her post-professional doctoral degree in occupational therapy earned in 2013, Dr. Weisser-Pike has certifications in low vision therapy, aging in place, and neurointegrative functional rehabilitation and habilitation. She was inducted into the AOTA Roster of Fellows in 2019 for leadership in low vision practice, education, and scholarship. 

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An Introduction to Low Vision Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists


2 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Blindness is considered to be one of the 10 leading causes of disability in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2019). Legal blindness describes central vision of 20/200 or less in the better eye with best correction, or visual field of less than 20 degrees in the better eye (American Foundation for the Blind [AFB], 2020a). Low vision is a term used to describe vision loss not corrected by...