Service for Assistive Technology:
Visual Impairment

Clientele:

• Persons of all ages with a vision loss requiring the use of assistive devices
• Registered at the MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre

Services offered:

• Technical Aids Boutique
• Allocation of assistive devices
• Repair and technical support services
• Training with regards to the use of assistive devices is provided by professionals from the various vision rehabilitation programs of the MAB-Mackay

Available devices:

• Reading aids: optical aids, digital readers, closed-circuit televisions (c.c.t.v.), etc.
• Writing aids: braillers, slates and stylus, felt pens, lined pads, etc.
• Mobility aids: white canes, cane tips, sunglasses, identification tags, etc.
• Adapted computer aids: braille displays, print magnification software, sight-substitution software, etc.

Services are offered:

• At the MAB Site

To access services:

• Eligibility for the RAMQ funding program for aids and devices requires that a client have a visual acuity in the better eye after correction of <20/70 or <6/21, or whose visual field in each eye is less than 60° in the 180° or 90° meridians after correction with the appropriate ophthalmic lenses.
• All documents must be sent to Admissions.

For more information:

Lisa Westaway, Program Manager
– lwestaway@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Telephone: 514-488-5552, ext. 3040
E-mail: info@mabmackay.ca