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How Many Braille Readers? Policy, Politics, and Perception
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Sheffield, Rebecca M.; D'Andrea, Frances M.; Morash, Valerie; Chatfield, Sarah – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This study involved a systematic literature review to document the sources behind publications and citations that comprise knowledge about rates of braille usage/literacy among people with visual impairments in the United States. Methods: Predefined search criteria were used to extract publications that potentially mentioned claims…
Descriptors: Braille, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Blindness
Breaking Barriers: Empowering Visual Impaired Students with Audioassisted Balinese Script Relief Media for Enhanced Literacy at a Special Public School
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I. Komang Sudarma; I. Wayan Sujana; Kadek Andre Karisma Dewantara; I. Nyoman Suka Ardiyasa; Ni Pande Kadek Dewi Sudiartini – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
The difficulties faced by teachers at a Special Public School in teaching Balinese script literacy to visually impaired children have resulted in low literacy skills in Balinese script among these students. In order to maximize Balinese script learning, appropriate learning media tailored to the characteristics of visually impaired children are…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Blindness, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities
A Summary of the Communication and Literacy Evidence-Based Practices for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Visually Impaired, and Deafblind
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Luckner, John L.; Bruce, Susan M.; Ferrell, Kay Alicyn – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
The Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center at the University of Florida (http://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/) is a national technical assistance center dedicated to supporting states in their efforts to develop teachers and leaders who can successfully prepare students with disabilities to achieve…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Teacher Education
Braille and Beyond: Braille Literacy in a Larger Context.
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Spungin, S. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
Major concerns in braille literacy are compared for 1989 and 1996 in the areas of demographic statistics, emphasis on print, negative attitudes toward braille, lack of teaching standards, the braille code, technological advances, placement of students in regular classrooms, and generic services. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Literacy and Children Who Are Blind and Who Have Additional Disabilities--the Challenges for Teachers and Researchers.
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McCall, Steve; McLinden, Mike – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2001
This article describes an innovative action research project based at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom that involved the professional development of teachers and instruction using specially developed Moon tactile code materials to teach literacy to pupils who are blind and who have additional disabilities. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Action Research, Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education
Increasing Literacy Levels: Final Report.
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Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision. – 1997
This document presents reports of three projects to identify and analyze the appropriate use of instruction in Braille, optical devices, and other technologies as they relate to literacy and employment of individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The first project examined the choice of reading medium of 68 individuals (blind or visually…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Braille