The imaginative use of new resources, new special education teaching roles and new technology all contribute to making public school both socially and economically feasible for blind children. (Editor)

Outlines the needs of the visually handicapped student and the responsibility of the provincial departments and local school districts in providing those needs. Discusses the role of the itinerant teacher and the kind of knowledge teachers must be taught in schools of education in order to mainstream the visually handicapped student. (RK)

This brief article outlines theories for the decrease in braille literacy among children with visual impairments. It stresses the need for braille instruction, the inability of itinerant teachers to adequately instruct many scattered visually impaired students, and resistance to using simplified Grade 1 braille. Special problems raised by…