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Student Support Services for Post-Secondary Students with Visual Disabilities
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Moh, Chiou – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
Increasingly, students with visual disabilities are pursuing higher education. The students need to face the challenges and difficulties of disorganized services and technology to be independent learners. Institutions should provide the support services to meet the requirements of the students. Such students in the United States expressed their…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Textbooks, Higher Education, Electronic Learning
Coping in the Dark: Counseling Adults with Visual Impairments.
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Crespi, Tony D. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1988
Notes that, as the population ages, the number of adults with visual impairments grows proportionately. Explores the population of visually impaired adults and discusses suggestions for counselor education relevant to preparing counselors to meet the needs of adults with visual handicaps. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adults, Blindness, Coping
The Blind, From Braille to the Present.
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Truquet, Monique – Impact of Science on Society, 1980
Traces the historical development of processing information for the blind from the system devised by Barbier to present systems of producing Braille documents using computers. Cites the impact of microprocessors and outlines possibilities for Braille reproductions in the future. (GS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Computer Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Some Knowledge Areas in Blindness Rehabilitation.
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Giesen, J. Martin; Cavenaugh, Brenda S.; Johnson, Cherie A. – RE:view, 1997
Identifies the areas of knowledge in the field of blindness rehabilitation and provides outlines and references for the areas of access technology, business enterprise programs, and low vision. The outlines list information areas that specialists should know and skills they should be able to do in the specified area. (CR)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Business Administration, Business Skills
Library Services for Persons with Disabilities.
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Mendle, Jill – Reference Librarian, 1995
Examines literature for guiding libraries to develop services that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Presents a case of the University of Alabama Libraries' establishment of a technologies lab to serve the needs of the blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled students; examines problems and efforts to increase staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Blindness, Case Studies, Disabilities
Disabled Students on the Campus.
Warnath, Charles F.; Dunnington, Leslie G. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Examines physical changes that assist handicapped persons on college campuses today but do not completely solve existing problems. Some additional hazards are discussed. Recommends that student personnel staff be aware of special needs of the handicapped, serve as an advocate for them, and provide assistance to them. (Author)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, College Environment
The Future of Community Colleges.
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Brooks, Norward J. – 1980
Declines in financial resources and enrollment, and competition for students, are seen to be the principal factors in the future of community colleges. Financial resources have been diminished by cutbacks in federal and state funds, declining enrollment and the underrepresentation of nontraditional students in formula funding, and inflation.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Blindness, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty