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Anna van der Meulen; Mijke Hartendorp; Wendy Voorn; Felienne Hermans – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: In order to fully include learners with visual impairments in early programming education, it is necessary to gain insight into specificities regarding their experience of and approach to abstract computational concepts. Objective: In this study, we use the model of the layers of abstraction to explore how learners with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Programming
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Marco Tarantino; Jared Reyes – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
The most recent data on the labor force participation rate of individuals who identify as being blind or having vision loss in the United States indicate it is approximately 44%. In 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs promulgated regulations pertaining to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to address the continued…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Blindness, Visual Impairments
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Llamazares de Prado, José Enrique; Arias Gago, Ana Rosa – Education and Urban Society, 2022
The incorporation of emotions in educational and cultural spaces is increasingly important in our society. The main objective is to review studies on emotional pedagogy both in school and in the museum and its importance in the education of blind pupils, providing elements for good practice. In the methodology used, a systematic review has been…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Museums, Schools, Blindness
Johnson, Nicole E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This work addresses visual content accessibility for blind and low vision communities through the lenses of technique development and community engagement with an overarching question of "How can we make tactile pictures more available?" This inquiry takes a participatory, action-based design approach to break this question down based on…
Descriptors: Tactual Perception, Object Manipulation, Manipulative Materials, Photography
Wimberly, Megan B. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
I was a person who identified as culturally Deaf but at the same time had progressive vision loss. I embraced my Deaf identity, but I did not embrace any inkling of identifying myself as a DeafBlind person considering the stigma associated with it. Due to that stigma, the journey of identifying as a DeafBlind person is difficult mentally,…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Visual Impairments, Deafness, Blindness
Leyla Safta-Zecheria; Loredana Marcela Tranca; Andra-Maria Jurca; Claudia-Vasilica Borca; Theofild-Andrei Lazar – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
The photovoice-based action research project took place in a university in Romania during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was aimed to document opportunities and challenges that students with disabilities were faced with in attending emergency remote higher education activities, as well as in returning to face-to-face higher education once restrictions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, College Students, Students with Disabilities
Cecile K. Cunningham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study sought to investigate, analyze and describe the effects of early intervention on college readiness and the transition plan for high school students with visual disabilities transitioning into post-secondary education. Exploring how students with visual disabilities are perceived, treated, and the barriers they face in…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Bound Students, Early Intervention, College Readiness
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Ehsan Bahramfar; Mohammad Ashori – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of stress inoculation training (SIT) on the general health of mothers of children with visual impairments. The study population included the mothers of children with visual impairments aged 33-45 years during 2018-2019 academic year in Isfahan city. The participants were 34 mothers…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Mothers, Children, Visual Impairments
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Arsal, Güler; Suss, Joel; Ward, Paul; Eccles, David W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which sighted persons understand thought processes of persons who are visually impaired (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision). The investigation focused on a street-crossing task. Method: Participants were 15 visually impaired persons and 21 sighted persons. The…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Visually Impaired Mobility, Experiential Learning
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Güler, Maside; Ürey, Mustafa – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
This study presents the results of a survey of eighty-seven visually impaired middle school students (including those who are blind and those who have low vision) concerning their attitudes toward the environment. The findings with respect to students' ecocentric, anthropocentric and antipathetic attitudes, as well as whether these attitudes…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Middle School Students, Blindness, Student Attitudes
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Muroi, Reiko – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Walter Ong points out that no one can write naturally, because writing is a completely artificial technique we need to acquire through education. The technology of literacy as writing letters begets a dividing line between "literates" and "illiterates," since literacy cannot be acquired otherwise. When we review the early…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Literacy, Literacy Education, Illiteracy
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Aslan, Cem; Cakmak, Salih – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2022
Introduction: Several studies in the literature have investigated writing skills of students with visual impairment and low vision. However, no research was found to examine the written expression skills of students with visual impairment in terms of text cohesion, text coherence, text quality, text length, and writing time variables. A more…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Control Groups
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Cassar, Carolina; Tambelli, Renata; Pezzuti, Lina; Lecis, Donatella; Castorina, Silvia; Ricci, Daniela; Fortini, Stefania; Amore, Filippo M.; De Crescenzo, Franco; Lucchese, Franco – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: The objective of the current study was to design and pilot-test a nonverbal intelligence test for children and adolescents with visual impairment (i.e., blindness and low vision) aged 10 to 16 years. Method: A three-dimensional haptic matrix test of nonverbal cognitive abilities (3-DHMT-CA), initially developed for adults with visual…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Covarrubias, Cenorina Mariscal – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Individuals with vision loss must be able to be safe and independent in their home and community. According to the American Foundation for the Blind, over 10 million Americans are coping with vision impairment or blindness. Technology has opened the doors for most individuals including individuals that are blind or visually impaired making the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Assistive Technology, Costs, Visual Impairments
Shirin Feiz Disfani – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Filling out printed forms (e.g., checks) independently is currently impossible for blind people, since they cannot pinpoint the locations of the form fields, and quite often, they cannot even figure out what fields (e.g., name) are present in the form. Hence, they always depend on sighted people to write on their behalf, and help them affix their…
Descriptors: Blindness, Assistive Technology, Writing Ability, Functional Literacy
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