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Melissa Cain; Melissa Fanshawe; Polly Goodwin – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This article presents the findings from interviews with thirteen parents of students with severe vision impairment who attend mainstream schools in Queensland, Australia. Participants were interviewed about their experiences in advocating for their children in a range of educational contexts. These experiences varied greatly depending on a number…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Parents
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Melissa Cain; Melissa Fanshawe; Ellen Armstrong; Lauren Lieberman – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Physical activity (PA) is important for fitness and psychological health, and a way for young people to make friends and socialise. Young people with vision impairment (VI) are, however, are less likely to engage in PA. A range of personal, social, and environmental barriers prevent equitable participation for young people with VI. There is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Melissa Fanshawe; Georgina Barton; Monique Mandarakas; Melissa Cain; Nicole Todd – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
A global commitment to inclusive education through policies and legislation has been espoused to provide equitable access to the curriculum for students with disability. Recent evidence suggests, however, that for students with blindness or low vision (BLV), the visual nature of the curriculum means that content can be inaccessible. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Secondary School Students, Blindness
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Olave-Encina, Karen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
Tom (pseudonym) was an international undergraduate student with a rare visual disability, known as cone dystrophy. His appearance was that of a normal person but variations in light greatly influenced his vision. During his first two years at a university in Australia, Tom had particular difficulty making sense of assessment and feedback. His…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Visual Impairments, Student Evaluation
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Sproul, Janene; Ledger, Susan; MacCallum, Judith – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
Technological developments allow students to access visual information from digital devices as small as phones or as large as whiteboards. Education technology research and policy typically address the software product, yet little research has focused on optimal viewing parameters or the impact it has on student users. Students with light…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Needs
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Kaiser, Justin T.; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This study analyzed survey responses from 114 orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists regarding the content and procedures they used in completing O&M assessments. Methods: O&M specialists completed an online survey in 2020 on their assessment practices for children and youths who are visually impaired. Results: Over…
Descriptors: Visually Impaired Mobility, Children, Adolescents, Visual Impairments
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Cain, Melissa; Fanshawe, Melissa – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The rapid digitalisation of learning has had demonstrable impacts on access to education for students with a print disability. In higher education contexts, learning management systems (LMS) have become the predominant method for distributing content. This conceptual article addresses how students with print disabilities such as vision impairment,…
Descriptors: College Students, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Dyslexia