Low Vision Care Centre

16/11/2025

16/11/2025

12/11/2025

A Review of Evidence and Mechanistic Insights. Emerging evidence implicates dysfunction of the vestibular system in cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and particularly Alzheimer’s disease.

10/11/2025

You are invited to an educational webinar hosted by the Low Vision Centre of Learning.

📅 26 November 2025
🕠 17:30 (Johannesburg)
🎙️ Topic: Guidelines for Prescription of Assistive Devices – with Case Study Discussion

Join us for a focused session exploring best-practice guidelines, case-based reasoning, and practical considerations for prescribing assistive devices for learners with visual impairments.

🎓 Guest Speaker:
Clare Hubbard
BSc OT (WITS) • Neurodevelopmental Therapy • Inclusive Education Specialist
— 12 years Assistive Devices & Technology (CE Mobility)
— 8 years Inclusive Education (EC Dept of Education)
— Contributor: WHO Assistive Devices GATE Project
— Author: 3 Focus Magazine Low Vision Articles
— Advocate for inclusive access, therapeutic support, and children’s rights

✅ Zoom Registration:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3KQFHjk6Qx6xQLVYNWZ7CA

✅ CEU Registration (R150 – Certificate Provided):
https://pay.yoco.com/low-vision-centre-of-learning?amount=150&reference=26Nov2025Webinar

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with access details.

08/11/2025

26/10/2025

23/10/2025

Congratulations , wishing you a very successful term of office

The World Council of Optometry is proud to announce Ms. Ntombikayise Zitha as the newly elected WCO Public Health Committee Chair!

A dedicated optometrist with a longstanding passion for public health, Ms. Zitha has served on the South African Optometric Association (SAOA) Public Health Committee since 2018 and the WCO Public Health Committee since 2023.

We extend our warmest congratulations to Ms. Zitha and look forward to her leadership as she guides the committee forward.

14/10/2025

News articles in our Nicola McDowell’s Blog category

11/10/2025

ACCREDITED FOR 1 ETHICS CEU

PLEASE NOTE TO REGISTER FOR ZOOM AFTER PAYMENT
After paying, add your email to the “YOCO Receipt Message” (you will automatically be redirected to this screen) - check your email for your YOCO receipt and click the link to register on ZOOM to receive the ZOOM link to attend the Webinar
15 October 2025 @ 17:30
LIVE WEBINAR

TOPIC: My Ethics, your Ethics... Ethics for everyone

You are invited to register for a Zoom webinar!

When: Oct 15, 2025 17:30 Johannesburg

Topic: My Ethics, your Ethics... Ethics for everyone

Register in advance for this webinar:

NO CEU👇🏼
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1wZIhbfnTcu7DpQulGOY0w?utm_source=Low+Vision+Centre+of+Learning+-+LVCOL&utm_campaign=1259b7a811-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_30_02_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-22a209ae5a-295904513&mc_cid=1259b7a811&mc_eid=893b343351

Or if CEU required, register here👇🏼
https://pay.yoco.com/low-vision-centre-of-learning?amount=150&reference=15Oct2025Webinar&utm_source=Low+Vision+Centre+of+Learning+-+LVCOL&utm_campaign=1259b7a811-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_30_02_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-22a209ae5a-295904513&mc_cid=1259b7a811&mc_eid=893b343351

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Webinar Speakers
Neil Butkow (Dr)

Prof Butkow has been part of the university of the Witwatersrand for over 30 years in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, he
also serves on the Human Research Ethics Committee (medical) which processes the local applications for research ethics approval and
evaluates post graduate research from Masters to Doctorate and PhD, as well as, non-post graduate and research collaborations that
primarily deal with new innovations in medicine and pharmacology. Prof Butkow is involved in a range of medico legal matters and
continues to act as a medical expert for victims. He is also a facilitator and a trainer at lifeline Johannesburg and has facilitated over 10
groups of counsellors since COVID.

The maintenance of ethical standards ensures that clinical research has and continues to have a crucial role to play in the development of and guidelines for diagnoses and management of many human specific diseases and illnesses. Good ethics implies excellent science and ensures the safety of participants in clinical trials. Whether participants are healthy volunteers or from a select group of patients, their Human Rights remain an integral part of their identity and must be protected, along with their autonomy. Looking back, there have been some egregious transgressions, many perpetrated not just by the Nazi’s but also their alleys. As recently as 1971,”The Stanford Experiment revealed some disturbing practices and fundamental infringements of participants’ rights. Please join us on this journey as we look back, and look forward to improving the standards’ required for clinical research.