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Horatio Audio-Describes Shakespeare's "Hamlet": Blind and Low-Vision Theatre-Goers Evaluate an Unconventional Audio Description Strategy
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Udo, J. P.; Acevedo, B.; Fels, D. I. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2010
Audio description (AD) has been introduced as one solution for providing people who are blind or have low vision with access to live theatre, film and television content. However, there is little research to inform the process, user preferences and presentation style. We present a study of a single live audio-described performance of Hart House…
Descriptors: Drama, Oral Interpretation, Accessibility (for Disabled), Sensory Aids
The Difference that Age Makes: Cultural Factors that Shape Older Adults' Responses to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Mogk, Marja – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
This article suggests that approaching vision loss from age-related macular degeneration from a sociocultural perspective, specifically considering perceptions of aging, blindness, disability, and generational viewpoints and norms, may be critical to understanding older adults' responses to vision loss and visual rehabilitation.
Descriptors: Blindness, Partial Vision, Age Differences, Attitudes
World of Work: Perceptions of People Who Are Blind or Vision Impaired.
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Gillies, Robyn; Knight, Karen; Baglioni, A. J., Jr. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
Adults with blindness or visual impairments (N=85) and nondisabled adults (N=78) completed the Employment Access Questionnaire. Analysis found that people with and without visual impairments had similar attitudes toward the importance of training, career guidance, work expectations, and assistance, but the visually impaired group were…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes, Blindness, Career Development
The Establishment of a Systematic Program of Mobility Instruction for Blind Persons in the District of Columbia. Final Report.
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Thompson, William W. – 1967
To train blind persons in the use of the long cane mobility technique and to reach a variety of clients, a demonstration used the trainee's home as a base of operation. Of 198 referrals during the 3-year project, 61 persons started training and 42 persons between the ages of 12 and 92 successfully completed the instruction. Trainees began to learn…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Attitudes, Blindness
Consumer Needs Assessment: A Qualitative Study of the Needs of People with Disabilities. Consumer Needs Assessment Project Year 1: Results of the First Year of a Five Year Study.
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Phillips, Lynn – 1989
This paper describes the first year of a 5-year study which, when completed, will identify the needs and concerns of disabled consumers from virtually all categories of functional limitations and all walks of life. The participants will include men and women between the ages of 18 and 65 from a variety of socioeconomic and geographical…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes, Blindness
RESEARCH BULLETIN. NUMBER 2.
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American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY. – 1962
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS CONCERNING RESEARCH WITH THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED ARE CONTAINED IN THIS BULLETIN--"SELECTED IMPAIRMENTS BY ETIOLOGY AND ACTIVITY LIMITATION, UNITED STATES, JULY 1959-JUNE 1961,""AN EXPERIMENT USING REVISED STIMULUS PRESENTATION" BY S. KARP, "EXPERIMENTS IN TACTUAL PERCEPTION" BY S. KARP, "A STUDY OF BRAILLE CODE REVISIONS" BY…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Blindness, Braille