Encouraging an Adolescent Daughter Who Is Blind and Learning Disabled To Read and Write.

Miller, D. D.

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ERIC Number: EJ544476

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X

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Encouraging an Adolescent Daughter Who Is Blind and Learning Disabled To Read and Write.

Miller, D. D.

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v91 n3 p213-18 May-Jun 1997

A mother of an adolescent daughter with blindness and learning disabilities focuses on how she helped her daughter improve reading and writing skills by finding a meaningful purpose for those skills in daily life. This article discusses early signs of learning problems, the learning environment, talking books, books in braille, technology, orientation and mobility, and transitioning to work. (DB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Blindness, Braille, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Technology, Functional Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Skills, Talking Books, Visually Impaired Mobility, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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Note: Special Issue on Adolescence and Early Adulthood.