Mixed-Visual Ability

Mixed-visual ability refers to teams or workplace settings that include members with a range of visual abilities, including sighted individuals, people with low vision, and people who are blind. The concept emphasizes that visual ability is not binary and that effective collaboration requires tools, representations, and practices that accommodate the full spectrum of perceptual needs. In mixed-visual ability teams, shared information artifacts (documents, diagrams, spreadsheets) frequently need representational transformation to be usable by all members, and the coordination of this work has direct implications for labour distribution, trust, and professional equity.