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Peer reviewedWillis, Deborah Hill – Exceptional Children, 1979
The relationships among visual acuity, reading mode, grade level, and type of educational program for blind students were examined in a study of 26,433 students registered as legally blind through the American Printing House for the Blind. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Blindness, Braille, Educational Programs
Dufton, Richard, Ed. – 1967
The conference proceedings include papers on sensory aids for visually handicapped mobility and reading. Two papers each treat mobility as a general problem, sociocultural surveys on mobility and reading, and echolocation in man and bats. Five papers concern reports and evaluations of practical trials of the sonic monaural aid; one deals with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Conference Reports, Echolocation, Electromechanical Aids
Gray, P.G.; Todd, Jean E. – 1968
A random sample of registered blind people in England and Wales (5% of those aged 16 to 65 and 1.7% of those aged 65 to 79) was interviewed in 1965 regarding mobility, orientation, and reading. Data included age, age when blindness occurred, sex, residual sight for mobility, residual sight for reading, other disabilities, and ability to walk…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textHarley, Randall K. – 1969
To develop and test materials to be used in a later 2-year study to compare six approaches in teaching braille reading, materials in grade 1 and grade 2, braille, and phonemic braille media (both analytic and synthetic approaches), 39 subjects from six residential schools were evaluated. Special books were embossed in grade 1 and phonemic braille,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research
Lairy, G. C.; Harrison-Covello, A. – 1973
Discussed are the effects of parental attitudes on the early development of the congenitally blind child. The disproportion between family reactions and the limitations of the handicap are attributed to symbolic aspects of blindness and previously existing pathological elements in the parents. Compared are developmental milestones (such as the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Child Development, Child Rearing
Maryland School for the Blind, Baltimore. – 1972
Reported was a project in which the Maryland School for the Blind first conducted surveys of occupational opportunities for the visually handicapped in Maryland and the employment history of adults who attended the Maryland School for the Blind between 1961 and 1971; and then developed a pilot vocational education program in response to survey…
Descriptors: Blindness, Class Activities, Employment Experience, Employment Level
Weisgerber, Robert A.; And Others – 1975
Evaluated with 30 trainees (age 12 - adult) was the Stereotoner (a chest-worn, ink print reading aid for the blind) in order to develop specialized instructional materials; coordinate a program of instruction; evaluate candidates, processes, and outcomes of training; and make available the basic course materials developed during the study. The…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Studies, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Research
Uslan, Mark M. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
PDF pending restorationCLARK, LESLIE L., ED. – 1966
SIX PAPERS OF T.D. CUTSFORTH WERE CHOSEN FOR POSTHUMOUS REPUBLICATION ON THE CRITERION OF RELEVANCE TO CURRENT RESEARCH. THE ARTICLES INCLUDE "THE SYNAESTHESIA OF A BLIND SUBJECT WITH COMPARATIVE DATA FROM AN ASYNAESTHETIC BLIND SUBJECT--CHAPTERS 5 THROUGH 7" (COAUTHORED WITH R.H. WHEELER), "ROLE OF EMOTION IN AN SYNAESTHETIC SUBJECT--SUMMARY AND…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Blindness, Community
Harley, Randall K.; And Others – 1976
In the final report on the project to develop programed instruction in orientation and mobility for use by teachers of multiply impaired blind children, the development of the evaluation scales and programed instruction in four basic areas of precane training, the results of field testing, and the dissemination activities are described. An…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Field Studies
Tisdall, William J.; And Others – 1967
Objectives of this study on the influence of visual deprivation upon the divergent thinking dimension of intelligence were to compare the divergent thinking abilities of blind and sighted children in residential and day school programs, and to determine the relationship between divergent thinking and age of onset of blindness, mobility, school…
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Cognitive Processes, Day Students
Smith, Clyde Raymond – 1969
A 9-week summer college preparatory program for the visually impaired provided counseling and training in academics, mobility, and skill and vocational areas. To determine its effectiveness, tests were administered to its 27 participants and to 18 controls. Results indicated that self concept was a significant variable in discriminating between…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blindness, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Lord, Francis E.; Blaha, Lawrence E. – 1968
To study the needs for orientation and mobility training in Los Angeles County, project a comprehensive training program, and demonstrate a model service in representative regions, 51 blind adolescents (23 girls and 28 boys) ranging in age from 13 to 21 were given an average of 108 class periods of intensive, individual training by orientation and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Records, Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Research
Grumpelt, Howard R.; Rubin, Ellen – 1968
In order to determine whether speed listening practice could improve comprehension of pitch-altered rapid speech, 66 high school students blind since at least age 6 were divided into experimental (E) and control (C) groups, matched on the basis of age (range 15 to 19 years), IQ (range 85 to 130), and pretest comprehension of material presented at…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Auditory Training, Aural Learning
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. – 1969
Several school districts participated in a project providing orientation and mobility instruction to 50 visually handicapped students. Students received four to five lessons a week and were instructed in long cane usage. Tactual maps were used for orientation. Evaluation by their instructor and an outside expert rated 21 of 27 students as having…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Records, Exceptional Child Research, Mobility Aids
