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Vanda, Kay – School Arts, 1982
Describes a project in which high school student volunteers designed art activities for blind children. Students incorporated the sensation of motion and texture into their designs for toys, puzzles, games, and story illustrations. (AM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Blindness, High Schools

Tobin, Michael J.; Hill, Eileen W. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 1989
The article suggests the use of non-expert sighted volunteers to teach the reading and writing of Moon Script, a tactual system of raised-line characters similar to the Roman alphabet, to visually impaired people. Experimental courses with both blind and sighted volunteers are described. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Reading, Rehabilitation, Sensory Aids

Lam, Rita C.; Wang, Cecilia – Music Educators Journal, 1982
Discusses teaching methods and instructional aids developed to integrate blind students into a private class for elementary-school-aged piano students. Instructional aids incorporate auditory and tactile stimuli to teach music notation skills. Commercial games, like Bingo, were modified with Braille symbols to teach rhythm concepts. (AM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Games, Elementary Education

Hinton, R. A. L. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
An approach to the transcription of visual art into tactile form is described, with regard to the effects of relief, texture, and picture context. The impact of such pictures on the blind user's understanding of spatial relationships, distance, and perspective and as a stimulus for creative artwork is discussed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Art Products, Blindness, Creative Art, Creative Expression

Vanderheiden, G. C. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
Eleven basic types of visually displayed information that can be, and should be, rendered accessible to the visually impaired user are discussed. Speech, braille, and tactile technology are addressed as well as the innovative technique of "haptic-tactic" display combining a raised dynamic image of the screen's page with speech. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs
Aiello, Barbara – 1981
This handbook was developed for teachers who have a visually handicapped child in their regular classroom. Classroom activities designed to prepare students to receive a visually handicapped classmate are described. Recommendations are made on the use of special resources available to the teacher, and descriptions are given of successful…
Descriptors: Blindness, Class Organization, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Beech, Marty – Florida Department of Education, 2010
This document updates "Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities. A Guide for Educators," published by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) in 2003. This document is written to assist school district personnel and parents when making decisions about the use of accommodations by students with disabilities in instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, State Standards

O'Donnell, Margaret G. – Social Studies, 1991
Recounts a college economics professor's attempts to explain macroeconomic concepts to a blind student. Considers how explanations of economics principles often rely on graphic presentations. Describes experimental tactile adaptation, using graphs made out of sandpaper, yarn, spaghetti, and other materials. Recommends developing prefabricated…
Descriptors: Blindness, Concept Teaching, Diagrams, Economics Education

Murray-Branch, Jamie; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
This article describes the use and development of communication systems for persons with severe intellectual and dual sensory impairments using tactually salient materials to refer to abstract and concrete objects and activities. A transdisciplinary model was used in teaching the use of these systems for requesting and decision-making processes.…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deaf Blind

Stratton, Josephine M.; Wright, Suzette – RE:view, 1991
This article reviews the literature on the role of first-hand experiences, language, reading aloud, and scribbling on the preliteracy development of normal and visually impaired children. It describes a specific program developed by the American Printing House for the Blind which includes a handbook and 27 tactile-visual read-aloud story books.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Books, Childrens Literature, Experiential Learning

Seltzer, Richard J. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1986
Discusses a project at the University of Louisville in which chemistry laboratories are being adapted for use by blind students. Describes the operational analysis of tasks normally performed in labs. Provides specific recommendations on how to utilize new technologies to enable blind students to conduct hands-on learning experiments. (TW)
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Chemistry
Goodrich, Judy A.; Kinney, Patricia G. – 1985
Intended to assist teachers as they assess, plan for, and teach deaf blind students, this manual describes a process for adapting curricula for students who function within the 0-24 month developmental period, also known as the sensorimotor period. The manual's first section provides an overview of project activities including the literature…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Deaf Blind