To stay ahead, we have to lead. We have to fight for recognition on a global platform. We have to broaden our professional identity . My contention is that mobility is a profession specialized in the analysis and correction of travel disabilities. We are navigational specialists.
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.