Introduction: "High-tech" assistive technology (AT) plays a critical role in the lives and educational experiences of students with visual impairments (i.e. those who are blind or have low vision). However, little is known about how these students actually use AT within their educational programs. Methods: A survey examining AT use and…

Introduction: Because of the preponderance of visual images, many mathematics texts are wholly or largely inaccessible to students who are blind. This study investigated how much description is sufficient to communicate math content in different types of images. Methods: Representative math textbooks from grades five, eight, and 11, aligned to the…

The association made between the meaning, spelling, and pronunciation of a word has been shown to help children remember the meanings of words. The present study addressed whether the presence of a target word in Braille during instruction facilitated vocabulary learning more efficiently than an auditory-only instructional condition. The authors…

The cost of attending to a visual event can be the failure to consciously detect other events. This processing limitation is well illustrated by the attentional blink paradigm, in which searching for and attending to a target presented in a rapid serial visual presentation stream of distractors can impair one's ability to detect a second target…

THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO CONFIRM (1) THAT A SHORT PERIOD OF EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING ENHANCES THE VISUAL BEHAVIOR OF PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN VISUAL DISCRIMINATION TEST SCORES AND (2) THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RECORDED NEAR-VISION ACUITY OF EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS…

This article discusses the development of state licensure standards for specialists in orientation and mobility by the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, outlines efforts to obtain licensure in Tennessee, and presents a strategy for pursuing state licensure in other states. (Author/DB)