Also called: Certified Low Vision Therapist, CLVT
Helps people with partial sight use their remaining vision to read, cook, and live independently.
Teaches a woman with macular degeneration to use a magnifier and a talking phone app, rearranges her kitchen with high-contrast tape, and helps her read her mail again.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Often an OT or vision rehab specialist with a master's plus CLVT certification.
Ways in: Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Vision Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy.
Growing faster than average. Growing with an aging population.
Low risk for 10 years. AI apps that read text aloud become part of the toolkit; teaching each person to use them at home stays human.
Classes: Psychology, Biology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1122.
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