Blindness is only one area that results in travel impairments, there are many others. With a broader population to serve, we strengthen our professional position. This is a weak image. Notice that this redefinition encroaches on the fields of occupational and physical therapy and on the profession of optometry. This is a good thing.
All professions are in flux and what results time and change bring is anybodys guess.
The roles and the role models are up for grabs in the new age . We have to be major players on the new cyberspace stage. Multinational networking will be the norm in a few years. We must establish a presence in cyberspace . The entire profession has to move with energy into cyberspace.