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Peer reviewedDouglas, M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
The article describes the history of education of blind and visually impaired people in Western Australia, culminating in integrated education in the 1970's and the subsequent effects of mainstreaming. It also discusses the special problems of itinerant teachers, who often travel hundreds of miles to see one student. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
