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Peer reviewedHuurre, Taina Maarit; Komulainen, Erkki Juhani; Aro, Hillevi Marita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
The social support and self-esteem of 115 adolescents with visual impairments who attended mainstream Finnish schools, and a control group of 607 classmates were assessed. Self-esteem of the adolescents did not differ; relationships with friends contributed to the enhancement of the self-esteem of the adolescents with visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Peer Acceptance
Peer reviewedRudanko, S.-L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
This article presents results of a noncontrolled clinical study of 20 persons with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy who were treated from 1976 to 1990 at the Low Vision Centre of the Finnish Federation of the Visually Handicapped. The importance of early functional visual rehabilitation is emphasized, as is the use of low vision aids to help…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Congenital Impairments, Foreign Countries
