Eyesight issues

[Crankin]

Well, my eyes are not as bad as your daughter's, but I am fairly nearsighted and I have a very bad astigmatism in my left eye. Now, I am also farsighted.
I dealt with the situation by wearing a prescription in my soft lenses that leaves me with less than 20/20 vision in my left eye. It's maybe 20/30? All I know is that I can pass the eye test at the RMV. I tried torics many times and as soon as I put them in my eyes, there was huge trouble, irritation, necessitating me to wear my glasses for a while.
I choose to wear reading glasses over my contacts for the near vision, as I don't qualify for any other solution. Problems like this are frustrating, but I second the opinion to go to a medical center in a big city.

[Aquila]

I'm a college prof, and I'd like to second Catriona's suggestions for talking to her college instructors and especially to the office of student development (or whatever they call the office where she'll be going). We try to make appropriate accomodations, and I think it's a big help to students. The technology we have available is amazing these days.

Wish her the best, please.