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Koutsoklenis, Athanasios; Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
The study presented here examined which auditory cues individuals with visual impairments use more frequently and consider to be the most important for wayfinding in urban environments. It also investigated the ways in which these individuals use the most significant auditory cues. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Urban Areas, Auditory Stimuli
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Sapp, Wendy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Young children with visual impairments face many challenges as they learn to orient to and move through their environment, the beginnings of orientation and mobility (O&M). Children who are visually impaired must learn many concepts (such as body parts and positional words) and skills (like body movement and interpreting sensory information) to…
Descriptors: Music, Visual Impairments, Young Children, Travel Training
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Barrella, Kristi; Besden, Cheryl; Crow, Nita; Greenberg, Maya Delgado; Shrieves, Gary; Smith, Katie A.; Vickroy, Marcia – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Like many other states, California is facing a daunting budget deficit, reportedly about $19 billion. Delayed budgets have held up the disbursement of money, affecting school programs in districts as well as at the California School for the Blind (CSB). The current financial constraints have had an impact on CSB's programs. Its department of seven…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Visually Impaired Mobility, Travel Training, Visual Impairments
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Alberti, Gloria; Scigliuzzo, Francesca; Signorino, Mario; Oliva, Doretta; Smaldone, Angela; La Martire, Maria L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
These two studies assessed adapted orientation technology for promoting correct direction and room identification during indoor traveling by persons with multiple (e.g., sensory, motor and intellectual/adaptive) disabilities. In Study I, two adults were included who had severe visual impairment or total blindness and deafness and used a wheelchair…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Blindness, Multiple Disabilities, Assistive Technology
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Ross, David A.; Kelly, Gary W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Orientation and wayfinding are critical skills for successful mobility of people with visual impairments. The inability to perform these skills successfully may result in a person becoming lost, injured, and discouraged from further mobility. At times, it may be impossible to maintain orientation. The person may temporarily travel without cues…
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Cognitive Mapping, Assistive Technology
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Sanchez, Jaime; Saenz, Mauricio – Computers & Education, 2010
This study evaluates the impact of using the software program AudioMetro, a tool that supports the orientation and mobility of people who are blind in the Metro system of Santiago de Chile. A quasi-experimental study considering experimental and control groups and using the paired Student's t in a two sample test analysis (pretest-posttest) was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blindness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
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Crow, Nita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
Every year on or near October 15, the California School for Blind celebrates National White Cane Day. Over the years, all kinds of events have been planned to celebrate the day. About two years ago, the school decided to do something different. Early that fall, staff members in the Orientation and Mobility Department at the school started teaching…
Descriptors: Travel Training, Accessibility (for Disabled), Special Education, Case Studies
Emerson, Robert S. Wall; Corn, Anne L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2006
A panel of 20 experts in orientation and mobility (O&M) reached consensus on concepts and skills that O&M specialists should teach to students who are blind or have low vision. Panelists also agreed on visual, environmental, and behavioral conditions that would require a formal O&M assessment.
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Travel Training, Children, Youth
Driscoll, Maxine; Summerford, Christine F. – 1985
The manual explains and illustrates techniques for orientation and mobility instruction for blind primary age students in the public schools. Techniques are offered for four types of skills: (1) sighted guides (traveling on stairs and through doorways, seating a blind person); (2) protective techniques (following a wall by trailing, lower and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Primary Education, Travel Training, Visually Handicapped Mobility
Chew, Stephen L. – 1984
A series of experiments were conducted to study variables affecting the alignment of blind pedestrians at street intersections. In the first two studies blindfolded sighted students, serving as adventitiously blind people undergoing mobility training, learned one of three strategies: no concrete strategy, tracking, and tracking and compensation.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Spatial Ability, Travel Training, Visually Handicapped Mobility
Maurer, Matthew M.; Bell, Edward C.; Woods, Eric; Allen, Roland – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
There is a general sense today that constructivist teaching is not up to the task of preparing students for high-stakes exams. In this article, the authors describe a highly effective constructivist approach used to teach students in a learning situation that takes the meaning of "high stakes" to another level. They talk about teachers of "cane…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Blindness, Navigation, Visually Impaired Mobility
Hill, Everett W.; Bradfield, Anna L. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1984
The article describes application for visually impaired persons of widely used Electronic Travel Aids--the Lindsay Russell Pathsounder, the Mowat Sensor, the Sonicguide, and the C-5 Laser Cane. In addition, a research review provides insight into the issues affecting future use of the devices. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Electromechanical Aids, Sensory Aids, Travel Training
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Jacobson, William H.; Ehresman, Paul – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Four blind adults were observed to determine the extent of the natural movement of their centers of gravity in relation to arc height during the two-point touch technique for long cane travel. The Ss learned and practiced a modified technique using their center of gravity as much as possible. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Sensory Aids, Travel Training
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Shingledecker, Clark A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
The article describes studies of effectiveness of a secondary task as a measure of the blind mobility information processing workload. Secondary task performance is shown to be a useful index of effects of preview and route difficulty, as well as perceptual and cognitive demands of different mobility aids. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Difficulty Level, Mobility Aids, Travel Training
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Heyes, Anthony D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1984
The development of the Sonic Pathfinder, a new electronic travel aid, is described. The aim has been to produce an aid that gives the user useful information for safe, stress-free travel rather than to provide an electronic surrogate for vision. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Electromechanical Aids, Mobility Aids, Travel Training
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