I have no sensory issues, so can't help you there. I'm 49 and wear glasses or contacts all the time. The world will not move around as you turn your head if you wear contacts as opposed to glasses. There are progressive contacts, but I've very little experience with them. I'm short-sighted and my prescription is now strong enough that I require reading glasses to see up close if I have my contacts in, carrying reading glasses is an option instead of progressive lenses. When wearing glasses I do get used to everything moving around as I swivel my head, the effect is that everything no longer moves, the part of the brain that interprets input from the eyes compensates.
So you wear contacts to see at a distance and put reading glasses on, with the contacts still in, to read? How difficult are contacts to get in and out?