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Peer reviewedFellenius, Kerstin; Ek, Ulla; Jacobson, Lena – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2001
Four children with cerebral visual impairment caused by periventricular leukomalacia were followed for two years during their process of learning to read in mainstream classes. Two of the children were offered both Braille and print reading as reading media. The other two children read ordinary print without special teaching. Differences in…
Descriptors: Braille, Cerebral Palsy, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Direct linkEk, Ulla; Fellenius, Kerstin; Jacobson, Lena – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
During a longitudinal in-depth study of the reading acquisition and cognitive and visual development of four children with cerebral visual impairment, the children's visual acuity improved, but their full-scale IQs declined, mostly because of difficulties in abstract thinking, visual cognitive organization, and extremely low processing speed. The…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Visual Acuity, Writing Ability, Brain
