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Description
- What is a bioptic and what types are there?
- How do you identify appropriate bioptic driving, and what are misconceptions?
- What is involved in training for bioptic driving?
Contributors
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Chuck Huss
Mr. Huss received his Master of Arts degree in Orientation and Mobility from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI in 1976. He has worked as an Academy-certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) in the States of Ohio and West Virginia for the past 45 years, serving clients or students, K through geriatrics. Mr. Huss is nationally known for his work and experience in formalized bioptic driver training and assessment. He served as one of the driver rehabilitation specialists within the West Virginia Pilot Low Vision Driving Study (’85-’88), its continuum of related services (’89-’98) and its full-time West Virginia Bioptic Driving Program (’09-’22). Prior to his retirement (1/05/22), his employer for the past thirty-nine (39) years has been the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services (WVDRS).