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Peer reviewedFireison, Cara Kim; Moore, J. Elton – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
This study of 270 legally blind adults found that those who had attended specialized schools for blind persons made significantly less money than those who had attended public schools. However, 72% of specialized school attendees could read braille, compared to 19.7% of public-school attendees. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Braille, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedCouper, Heidi – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Focuses on how skills required by the visually impaired to facilitate language learning are acquired in mainstream and special schools. (18 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recorders, Audiovisual Aids, Blindness, Braille
