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The Personal Networks and Social Supports of Blind and Visually Impaired Adolescents.

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Kef, S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997

This study examined the personal networks and social supports of 316 blind and visually impaired youth, ages 14-23, in the Netherlands. The average participant had a personal network of 15 people (compared to 15-20 for sighted adolescents.) The oldest adolescents had the largest networks and blind adolescents had the smallest. For all adolescents,…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Blindness, Foreign Countries