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Driving and Low Vision: An Evidence-Based Review of Rehabilitation
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Strong, J. Graham; Jutai, Jeffrey W.; Russell-Minda, Elizabeth; Evans, Mal – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
This systematic review of the effectiveness of driver rehabilitation interventions found that driver training programs enhance driving skills and awareness, but further research is needed to determine their effectiveness in improving driving performance of drivers with low vision. More research is also needed to determine the effectiveness of low…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Driver Education, Assistive Technology, Partial Vision
MySchoolDayOnline: Applying Universal Design Principles to the Development of a Fully Accessible Online Scheduling Tool for Students with Visual Impairments
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Sapp, Wendy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This article presents the universal design features that were identified during the alpha development of a scheduler software program, known as MySchoolDayOnline, for use in schools, and provides preliminary research on the usability of these features. The study presented here investigated the accessibility and usability of MySchoolDayOnline for…
Descriptors: Vision, Field Tests, Visual Impairments, Partial Vision
Project Magnify: Increasing Reading Skills in Students with Low Vision
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Farmer, Jeanie; Morse, Stephen E. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
Modeled after Project PAVE (Corn et al., 2003) in Tennessee, Project Magnify is designed to test the idea that students with low vision who use individually prescribed magnification devices for reading will perform as well as or better than students with low vision who use large-print reading materials. Sixteen students with low vision were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Vision, Reading Rate
The CCH Vision Stimulation Program for Infants with Low Vision: Preliminary Results.
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Leguire, L. E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This study evaluated the Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital vision stimulation program, involving in-home intervention with 15 visually impaired infants. Comparison with controls indicated benefits of appropriate vision stimulation in increasing the neural foundation for vision and visual-motor function in visually impaired infants. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Home Programs, Infants, Neurology
'Blind' Children as Visual Readers.
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Hunstad, Egil; And Others – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Seven visually handicapped adolescents, literate in braille but with little or no visual reading experience, were trained in letter and word recognition by closed circuit television for two weeks. All subjects increased their visual reading speed; in some cases, visual reading speed surpassed that of braille. (SJL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Closed Circuit Television, Partial Vision, Program Effectiveness
An Evaluation of Low Vision Services.
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D'Allura, T.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
A telephone survey of 147 participants, ages 27 to 96, in a low-vision service program of an urban vision rehabilitation agency found that most respondents continued to use their devices every day for months after low-vision services were completed, and three-fourths reported that the services had a positive impact on their everyday functioning.…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Low Vision Aids