Will AI replace Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists?
Estimated risk score: 33 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (14 to 52).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 21 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 29-1122.01 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 2 of its 21 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
- Participate in professional development activities, such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 11 of its 21 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
- Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
- Train clients with visual impairments to use mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
What the job is
Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. May train patients in activities such as computer use, communication skills, or home management skills.
Also called: Visually Impaired Teacher (TVI), Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT), Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS), Orientation and Mobility Specialist (O and M Specialist), TVI, VRT, CLVT, COMS.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate