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Inan, Fethi A.; Namin, Akbar S.; Pogrund, Rona L.; Jones, Keith S. – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Twenty individuals with visual impairments were surveyed in order to (a) understand their Internet use and (b) examine relations between metrics related to Internet use and cybersecurity-related knowledge, skills, confidence, and attitudes. Participants used the Internet for various purposes, including information search, communication, chatting,…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Use, Computer Security, Visual Impairments
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Datta, Poulomee; Palmer, Carolyn – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2015
There is a general need for research in Australia on whether the support services provided in schools prove useful for students with disabilities (Datta, 2015; O'Rourke & Houghton, 2006), especially students with vision impairment. This qualitative study aimed to provide insights into the influence of the support services delivered in South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Visual Impairments, Problem Solving
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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos S.; Koustriava, Eleni; Charalampidou, Maria; Gerapostolou, Ioanna – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
The aim of this study is to explore the differences in personality traits amongst adults with blindness, adults with low vision and sighted adults. Moreover, the relationship between the four scales of Eysenck's personality questionnaire and the demographic characteristics of participants with visual impairments was examined. There are no…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Personality Traits, Correlation
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Williams, Michael D.; Ray, Christopher T.; Griffith, Jennifer; De l'Aune, William – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
The promise of novel technological strategies and solutions to assist persons with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) is frequently discussed and held to be widely beneficial in countless applications and daily activities. One such approach involving a tactile-vision sensory substitution modality as a mechanism to…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Sensory Aids, Adults
Tripney, Janice; Roulstone, Alan; Vigurs, Carol; Hogrebe, Nina; Schmidt, Elena; Stewart, Ruth – Campbell Collaboration, 2015
In the past, the lack of data on people with disabilities living in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) has contributed to the invisibility of disability as a development priority. This is beginning to be addressed. While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did not specifically mention disability, it is increasingly being recognised that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Labor Market, Adults, Physical Disabilities
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Schurink, J.; Cox, R. F. A.; Cillessen, A. H. N.; van Rens, G. H. M. B.; Boonstra, F. N. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
It is a widely accepted belief in clinical practice that children with a visual impairment can profit from the use of a low vision aid (LVA). However, we found a considerable gap in our scientific understanding of LVA use, particularly in young children. This is the reason for the analysis presented in this paper. A selected overview of LVA use in…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Visual Impairments, Vision, Assistive Technology
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Waight, Mary Philomena; Oldreive, Warren James – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
This paper aims to describe the process undertaken by Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy to assess a gentleman with learning disabilities and visual impairment with regard to his capacity to sign a tenancy agreement. It describes the method used to assess the gentleman's mental capacity before exploring the system used to provide…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Teaching Methods
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Shallcross, D. E.; Harrison, T. G.; Shaw, A. J.; Shallcross, K. L.; Croker, S. J.; Norman, N. C. – Higher Education Studies, 2013
Two summer schools focused on practical chemistry, one involving secondary school students and one involving visually impaired adults (i.e., not involving undergraduates) have produced students that appeared to be on the way to achieving the basic criteria set out by Buckley and Kempa (1971) in terms of practical skills. These criteria being that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science
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Massa, Jacqueline; O'Desky, Ilyse H. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: Habituation has an important role in attention. By reducing one's sensitivity to a constant source of stimulation, it frees up attention resources to process new distinct items. Impaired habituation may disrupt sustained attention via inability to modulate the repeated intrusion of irrelevant stimuli. Method: Using Troxler fading, this…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Habituation, Stimuli, Visual Impairments
Marmeleira, Jose; Laranjo, Luis; Marques, Olga; Batalha, Nuno – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
This article describes the results of a recommendation from the World Health Organization (2004) that it was important to examine whether high-risk groups meet the current general recommendation of at least 30 minutes of moderate or greater physical activity per day. Doing so required an accurate measurement of physical activity for supporting the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Questionnaires, Visual Impairments
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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Papadimitriou, Kimon; Koutsoklenis, Athanasios – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
The study presented here sought to explore the role of auditory cues in the spatial knowledge of blind individuals by examining the relation between the perceived auditory cues and the landscape of a given area and by investigating how blind individuals use auditory cues to create cognitive maps. The findings reveal that several auditory cues…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Maps, Cues, Cognitive Mapping
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Wolffe, Karen E.; Ajuwon, Paul M.; Kelly, Stacy M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: Worldwide, people with visual impairments often struggle to gain employment. This study attempts to closely evaluate the work experiences of employed individuals with visual impairments living in one of the world's most populous developing nations, Nigeria. Methods: The researchers developed a questionnaire that assessed personal and…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Work Experience, Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments
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Mondloch, Catherine J.; Segalowitz, Sidney J.; Lewis, Terri L.; Dywan, Jane; Le Grand, Richard; Maurer, Daphne – Developmental Science, 2013
The expertise of adults in face perception is facilitated by their ability to rapidly detect that a stimulus is a face. In two experiments, we examined the role of early visual input in the development of face detection by testing patients who had been treated as infants for bilateral congenital cataract. Experiment 1 indicated that, at age 9 to…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Recognition (Psychology), Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests
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Lawrence, Megan M.; Lobben, Amy K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
The study reported here investigated the design and legibility of tactile thematic maps, focusing on symbolization and the comprehension of spatial patterns on the maps. The results indicate that discriminable and effective tactile thematic maps can be produced using classed data with a microcapsule paper production method. The participants…
Descriptors: Maps, Spatial Ability, Pattern Recognition, Tactual Perception
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Douglas, Graeme; Pavey, Sue; Corcoran, Christine; Clements, Ben – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2012
Large-scale social surveys of visually impaired people often explore participants' mobility and travel behaviour. What is methodologically more challenging is gathering participant-centred data in relation to their own interpretation of the barriers they face. Findings from a national survey of visually impaired people are presented in this…
Descriptors: Travel, Partial Vision, Vision, Interviews
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