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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"visual disabilities"”.
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An Analysis of the Utilization of SSI Incentives by Transition Professionals Working With Students With Visual Disabilities
… transition services for high school youths with visual disabilities enrolled in state residential schools responded to a three-part survey. The survey inquired about their professional background, institutional characteristics and their knowledge and use of specific SSI information and work …
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of Primary Education Development Program on the enhancement of inclusive education for children with hearing and visual disabilities in Tanzania
… education for children with hearing and visual impairment in Tanzania. The study addressed three objectives including the extent to which the implementation of PEDP has improved the enrolment of children with hearing and visual impairment in the inclusive primary schools in Tanzania. The …
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La comprensión lectora en Braille y los procesos psicológicos en personas con discapacidad visual
… life, and educational inclusion of people with visual disabilities. The objective of the systematic review was to identify the relationship of psychological functions in the process of reading comprehension in braille in people with visual disabilities. The study compilation was carried out …
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Risk, Resilience, and Success in College for Students with Vision Disabilities
<p>College students with visual disabilities are less likely to graduate than their sighted counterparts. The purpose of this study was to understand the life experiences of successful college students with visual disabilities. Concepts of risk and resiliency were used as a conceptual framework for …
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A comparative study of braille as a tactile orthography with the auditory orthography oval to teach reading to preliterate, English as an additional language, adult learners who have visual disabilities
… an Additional Language, adult learners who have visual disabilities. Seven adults who have visual disabilities, who learned braille after the typical reading development stage, that is, after the age of 10, and who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) joined the study from six …
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VisText: A Benchmark for Semantically Rich Chart Captioning
… provide a more accessible medium for people with visual disabilities. However, current approaches for automatically generating such captions struggle to articulate the perceptual or cognitive features that are the hallmark of charts (e.g., complex trends and patterns). In response, we introduce …
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A inclusão do deficiente visual na educação: um estudo nas escolas municipais de João Pessoa - PB
… the issue of the educational inclusion of visually impaired students and how this contributes to the possibility of a physical and intellectual independence, ie , greater accessibility of this part of stakeholders. The research has descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach, …
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Usable Accessibility and Haptic User Interface Design Approach
Many people have visual impairment and make up a population that is increasing each year. Haptic technology is often used to assist members of this population by providing a way of understanding visual information. Although haptic technology is relatively new, it is widely applied across a variety …
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On informing the creation of assistive tools in virtual reality for severely visually disabled individuals
… market, with limited considerations made for disabilities and accessibility. Identifying this gap, evaluating these newer VR devices for their suitability as accessibility aids is needed, and clear standards for successful disability VR design need to be defined and promoted to encourage …
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Autoethnographic Exploration: A Native Non-Native in the World of Learners with Hidden Visual Impairments
… educator, I have strong ties to people with visual impairments including close family members. As an insider, I have the privilege of observing and experiencing first-hand the challenges and triumphs of individuals with visual impairments. I wrestle with how my observations and interactions …
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cell Phone Interface Design Preferences from the Perspective of Nationality and Disability
… technology acceptance, especially for users with disabilities. Even though the need for users participating in the design process has been realized, users with disabilities are not always included in the design process (Newell & Gregor, 2001). This study followed a participatory design process, to …
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Academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia.
This study explored the academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia. It mainly investigated the nature of student induction programmes offered in colleges of education, barriers affecting the education of blind students in the two colleges of education and …
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Academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia.
This study explored the academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia. It mainly investigated the nature of student induction programmes offered in colleges of education, barriers affecting the education of blind students in the two colleges of education and …
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Using verbal and physical prompts to teach the use of a long cane to a student who is visually impaired and has additional severe disabilities
… mobility is the task of teaching persons with visual impairments to move independently, safely and purposefully through the environment. Traditional orientation and mobility techniques, and traditional methods of teaching those techniques, do not address the needs of those persons who have …
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Being visually impaired in an elementary art classroom: a case study
… study was to explore the experiences of a visually impaired student during art instruction. The data was collected using observations of the subject during art class and a series of one-on-one interviews. The subject of the study was a male, second grade, visually impaired student. His …
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Indoor wayfinding in children with visual impairments: How the use of a coding robot impacted route familiarization and spatial planning
… new school can be a challenge for students with visual impairments. As children grow, the expectation for their independence grows, often along with the size of their school buildings. Traditional methods of orientation—walking the route multiple times, verbal directions, and tactile maps—work …
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