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Download full textNational Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2016
Students who are deaf-blind have absent, partial, or distorted vision and hearing. Deaf-blindness severely limits access to visual and auditory information that forms the basis for learning and communication and creates challenges for educational systems mandated to provide free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Deaf Blind, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedSmith, A. J.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This open-ended survey of 156 subjects (78 pairs of visually handicapped orientation and mobility specialists and adult clients) identified common low vision mobility problems (lighting conditions, drop-offs, street crossings, changes in terrain) and found a high degree of agreement between the reported perceptions of mobility practitioners and…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Lighting, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedSprague, Wesley D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
Described are the most common eye conditions that can cause low vision and the kinds of services required by low vision persons. (Author)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Needs Assessment, Partial Vision, Professional Services
Lapham, E. Virginia Sheppard, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The conference report contains background information on organizing the April, 1979, New York, conference on educational issues of students with visual impairments; results of a preliminary needs assessment questionnaire; texts of 12 conference presentations; the conference evaluation results; and the program. The needs assessment questionnaire…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Advocacy, Educational Policy, Individualized Education Programs
Finn, William A.; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
A low vision clinic is using Fresnel press-on prism lenses to aid veterans with extremely restricted visual fields. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Exceptional Child Education, Low Vision Aids, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedWilkinson, M. E.; Stewart, I. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
Records of 360 students evaluated via outreach programs at the low vision clinics of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School over a 10-year period were analyzed concerning age, sex, ocular condition, best-corrected visual acuity at far and near, and recommended optical devices. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Children, Low Vision Aids
Peer reviewedMcBroom, L. W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
This study of the transition experiences of 102 college students with visual impairments (blindness or low vision), and of the services offered for students with disabilities at 66 colleges, found that the colleges provided most of the services students need to be successful. Students also identified areas in which visually impaired high school…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Blindness, College Bound Students, College Students
Koenig, Alan J.; Holbrook, M. Cay – 1995
Designed to assist in the selection of appropriate literacy media for students with visual impairments, this guide outlines the essential elements of learning media assessments. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the learning media assessment (LMA) process. Included is a discussion of Texas law and regulations that govern LMA. Chapter 2 documents…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Large Type Materials
Phillips, Lynn – 1989
This paper describes the first year of a 5-year study which, when completed, will identify the needs and concerns of disabled consumers from virtually all categories of functional limitations and all walks of life. The participants will include men and women between the ages of 18 and 65 from a variety of socioeconomic and geographical…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes, Blindness
Bagur, Jacques D.; And Others – 1986
This study sought to design a statewide service delivery system for the education of Louisiana's blind and visually impaired individuals through the age of 21 and to determine need for a new facility for the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI). The report's seven chapters cover the following topics: study methodology; issues in…
Descriptors: Blindness, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
