Visual Functioning of Persons With Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities: Observations by Direct Support Workers and Staff Members and Information Available in Personal Files

Despite the high prevalence of visual impairments in persons with severe or profound intellectual disability (ID), often a formal diagnosis is unavailable. Direct support workers and staff members have access to the information of the visual functioning through the personal files and build knowledge based on their own experiences. In order to provide individualized and high quality support in daily life, the accuracy and availability of this...