Potentially, computers can balance some of the effects of visual impairment and provide equality of opportunity (Gerber, 2003). Students' individual needs entail that they and their teachers have access to a range of assistive technologies that may vary according to the task as well as to the learner. A dual output graphics card with a twin…

This booklet presents suggestions for parents to promote their visually impaired infant's motor development. It is pointed out that babies with serious visual loss often prefer their world to be constant and familiar and may resist change (including change in position); therefore, it is important that a wide range of movement activities be…

Describes a rehabilitation program that offers a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, interdependent design-based approach to reducing barriers that come between the visually impaired elderly and the independence they want and deserve. (JOW)

A comparison of two independent samples of legally blind and sighted high school students (ages 15-19) indicated that legally blind students generally had lower occupational, but not educational, expectations than did their sighted counterparts. Analyses revealed an unanticipated negative relationship between expectations and the blind students'…

The article describes the application of cooperative group learning strategies with visually handicapped students for promoting and improving student socialization skills and integration with nonhandicapped peers. Cooperative learning is contrasted to individualized and competitive approaches. Specific cooperative learning strategies are…

The Apple Foundation awarded a two-year joint project to Peabody College for Teachers and Tennessee School for the Blind (TBS) to study development of word processing skills by visually handicapped students. The article discusses the project's conceptual framework, activities at the project site, and a module developed to introduce students to the…

Teachers may encounter difficulties in helping the mainstreamed sensory-impaired child deal with psychosocial-sexual adjustment. With better understanding and early recognition of impediments these students experience teachers can modify teaching methods and provide assistance in the child's psychosocial-sexual adjustment. (Author/DF)

The article discusses the importance of instruments in science and technology and describes the development, operations, uses, and software of the Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid (ULTRA), a portable talking laboratory computer that will enable visually impaired students to perform independently important instrumental measurements…

This booklet was inspired by the need of educators and therapists of preschool students who are blind and visually impaired to share their observations of children with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) and the therapies found to be helpful when working with these children. The work done at the Blind Childrens Center is very rewarding, and these…

The Multidisciplinary Interagency Core Evaluation Project coordinates general and specialized services existing in rural communities of New Hampshire to serve the needs of visually handicapped infants and young children who otherwise face a confusing array of services or none at all. Project operation and replication procedures are considered. (CL)

This overview of the development of a system of library services for the blind in one union republic of the USSR describes the centralized network of special libraries which serve as the focal point of systems providing services at the regional and local levels, and suggests some possible future developments. (RAA)

The article describes an art program for visually impaired students using closed circuit television (CCTV) and gives suggestions, such as exposing the student to the enlarging capabilities of CCTV, for using the medium to the fullest. (PHR)

Brief sketches are provided of four handicapped persons who are active participants in the mainstream of life. (CL)

Describes descriptive video service (DVS) which makes television programming and videos accessible to blind and visually impaired viewers. Topics include the development of DVS at the WGBH public broadcasting network in Boston, narrative descriptions of key visual elements, and access to World Wide Web sites. (LRW)

Discusses Web design accessibility from the perspective of a librarian who is legally blind. Explains problems encountered with the growing use of graphics as opposed to text-based sites and suggests steps that librarians can take to help make the Web more accessible. (LRW)