This article presents a survey of the demographical, educational and visual functional characteristics of children attending a specialist paediatric low-vision assessment clinic at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Comprehensive data were collected retrospectively from children attending the paediatric low-vision clinic between January 2003 and…

Modeled after Project PAVE (Corn et al., 2003) in Tennessee, Project Magnify is designed to test the idea that students with low vision who use individually prescribed magnification devices for reading will perform as well as or better than students with low vision who use large-print reading materials. Sixteen students with low vision were…

The three-year Interactive Classroom Television System (ICTS) Project (a multicamera, multimonitor closed circuit TV system with videotaping and videoreplay capacity), involving a total of approximatey 40 partially sighted students, was assessed for three years. Results showed significant improvement in reading and mathematics, and positive change…

A telephone survey of 147 participants, ages 27 to 96, in a low-vision service program of an urban vision rehabilitation agency found that most respondents continued to use their devices every day for months after low-vision services were completed, and three-fourths reported that the services had a positive impact on their everyday functioning.…

A two-year project was conducted by St. Mary's Junior College to improve the science literacy of visually-impaired students (VIS) through the adaptation of instructional methods and materials. A four-step process was used: (1) learning materials were reviewed to identify problem areas; (2) preliminary adaptations were made based on the review; (3)…