Ensight Skills Center & Curtis Strong Center for the Visually Impaired

Daily Living

Each client is assisted in meeting his or her own specific goals through training in daily living skills.

• Using tactile aids like touch dots to locate the start button on a microwave.
• Using contrast to enhance vision, like contrasting dishes and cups.
  
• Using magnification and lighting to perform self care, leisure activities, or to manage personal finances.
  
• Using computers with software to enlarge images, change the contrast, or scan and read programs.
  
• Using Closed Circuit TVs that can enlarge images from 25X’s to 100 X’s .