Driving

Question 1

Compensatory Strategy for - the client may be slow to recognize signs and show delayed response to the environment.

Answer 1

Use corrective lenses.

Question 2

Compensatory Strategy for - client may be slow to recognize road signs

Answer 2

Avoid area, time of day, and other conditions (rainy weather) with poor contrast

Question 3

Compensatory Strategy for - client deficits may increase in low-light conditions or bad weather

Answer 3

Restrict night driving, drive on roads with reduced speeds limits and increase following distance at night

Question 4

Compensatory Strategy for - clients may have difficulty adapting to the dark or to bright lights

Answer 4

restrict night driving

Question 5

Compensatory Strategy for - clients may experience inefficient eye movement

Answer 5

use prism lenses and compensate w/extra head turns

Question 6

Compensatory Strategy for - client may miss street signs, hazards, other road users, vehicles or stimuli on the affected side

Answer 6

Use prism lenses, compensate with extra head turns and frequent eye movements and restrict driving at night or at high speed.

Question 7

Compensatory Strategy for - Client may miss roadway information while focusing on other details may be slow to response to traffic signs and may drift in or out of lanes

Answer 7

increase (usually limited) insight into the impact of neglect on driving

Question 8

Compensatory Strategy for - client may stare at road scenes or move eyes randomly, may have difficulty with lane positioning and keeping track of other vehicles, may miss stimuli from the environment (road signs) and may have difficulty sequencing mirror use or negotiating intersections or cross traffic

Answer 8

Use proper visual search patterns and efficient scanning techniques.

Question 9

Compensatory Strategy for - client may have difficulty judging distance, timing of turns, gap acceptance, merging or passing

Answer 9

learn to use environmental cues (stop lines, or the tires of the car ahead)

Question 10

Compensatory Strategy for - client may have difficulty recognizing signs, intersections, hazards, traffic scenes

Answer 10

limit driving to familiar areas and to roads w/reduced speeds

Question 11

Compensatory Strategy for - Client may be easily distracted

Answer 11

limit driving to familiar areas and to roads w/reduced speeds

Question 12

Compensatory Strategy for - Client may be slow to react to stimuli from the driving environment

Answer 12

limit driving to familiar areas and to roads w/reduced speeds

Question 13

Compensatory Strategy for - client may have difficulty entering or exiting a vehicle

Answer 13

install swivel seat, use a transfer device, or install an eight-way adjustment seat

Question 14

Compensatory Strategy for - client may have difficulty managing controls

Answer 14

review vehicle design considerations

Question 15

Compensatory Strategy for - client may have difficulty driving for extended periods of time

Answer 15

use a vehicle w/automatic transmission