Eyesight, Hogwarts' special ed, etc.

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No: HPFGUIDX 12082

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> 
> Are you suggesting that JKR is a Muggle?!  Perish the thought!
> 
> Okay, let's say your basic eye problems (near- and far-sightedness, 
> etc.) are curable by magic.  So:
> 
> Why does Harry wear glasses?  Because no one's told him they can 
> clear up his myopia for him with a flick of a wand.
> 
But Hermione DID show him a charm that would keep rainwater off his 
glasses; wouldn't she have just told him to go to Madam Pomfrey after 
the game to get his eyes fixed? What about Arthur Weasley, when Harry 
broke his glasses in Knockturn Alley?

As for PWD students, I'm sure that the first thing they'd be taught 
are the relevant spells; possibly a variant of the Sonorus Charm for 
someone who's non-verbal, at the very least an Accessibility Spell if 
not a reverse of the Leg-Locker Curse for someone unable to walk, etc.