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Hisae Miyauchi; Toshiaki Aomatsu; Yoshiko Seiwa; Erika Matsuda – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: This study investigated the effectiveness of changes in the test format (braille and tactile tables) and time extensions (1.5× or 2×) for tests with complex tables for students with blindness. Additionally, it examined the challenges associated with the current test accommodations for students who are blind and explored practical…
Descriptors: Blindness, Students with Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, Validity
Schles, Rachel Anne; McCarthy, Tessa – Remedial and Special Education, 2023
The prevalence of students with visual impairments (VI) varies across the United States, yet no analysis exists on how individual state factors may correlate with the number of students receiving services. This study presents the results of an analysis of variations in eligibility criteria for the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Eligibility, Incidence
Melissa Cain; Danika Rhiannon Blackstock; Melissa Fanshawe; Mahadeo Sukhai; Ainsley Latour – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to understand the role and value of mentorship for young people with blindness and low vision (BLV) through their education and work journey and to provide a conceptual framework for developing mentoring opportunities for young people with BLV. Design/methodology/approach: Experiences of formal and informal…
Descriptors: Mentors, Role, Blindness, Visual Impairments
Kanako Fukuda; Tsuyoshi Sashima – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: There are major differences when children with blindness perform construction tasks using haptics, without relying on sight, compared to when children with typical vision perform them through sight. When using sight, in all of the processes, the overall image can be grasped simultaneously while executing the task. When using haptics,…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Puzzles, Tactual Perception, Blindness
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Investigation of the Attitudes of Visually Impaired Middle School Students toward the Environment
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
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