Will AI replace Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists?

What this score means

Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists leans toward the safer end for Healthcare. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 27 out of 100 it sits close to the Healthcare average of 26. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 20 to 34, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists, most central first, showing 12 of 21.

• 01Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
• 02Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
• 03Train 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).
• 04Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
• 05Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
• 06Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
• 07Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
• 08Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
• 09Teach self-advocacy skills to clients.
• 10Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
• 11Teach independent living skills or techniques, such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
• 12Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

Also covers

Blind Orientation and Mobility Therapist (Blind O and M Therapist) · Certified Low Vision Therapist (CLVT) · Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) · Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (CVRT) · Global Mobility Specialist · Low Vision Therapist · Mobility Professional · Mobility Specialist and related titles

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