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Direct linkKaiser, Justin T.; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This study analyzed survey responses from 114 orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists regarding the content and procedures they used in completing O&M assessments. Methods: O&M specialists completed an online survey in 2020 on their assessment practices for children and youths who are visually impaired. Results: Over…
Descriptors: Visually Impaired Mobility, Children, Adolescents, Visual Impairments
Havik, Else M.; Steyvers, Frank J. J. M.; van der Velde, Hanneke; Pinkster, J. Christiaan; Kooijman, Aart C. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
This study evaluated a protocol that was developed to assess how beneficial electronic travel aids are for persons who are visually impaired. Twenty persons with visual impairments used an electronic travel device (Trekker) for six weeks to conform to the protocol, which proved useful in identifying successful users of the device. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Assistive Technology, Program Evaluation, Program Design
Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Campodonico, Francesca; Oliva, Doretta – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Persons with profound visual impairments and other disabilities, such as neuromotor and intellectual disabilities, may encounter serious orientation and mobility problems even in familiar indoor environments, such as their homes. Teaching these persons to develop maps of their daily environment, using miniature replicas of the areas or some…
Descriptors: Travel Training, Females, Cues, Visual Impairments
Sanchez, Jaime; Saenz, Mauricio – Computers & Education, 2010
This study evaluates the impact of using the software program AudioMetro, a tool that supports the orientation and mobility of people who are blind in the Metro system of Santiago de Chile. A quasi-experimental study considering experimental and control groups and using the paired Student's t in a two sample test analysis (pretest-posttest) was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blindness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Crow, Nita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
Every year on or near October 15, the California School for Blind celebrates National White Cane Day. Over the years, all kinds of events have been planned to celebrate the day. About two years ago, the school decided to do something different. Early that fall, staff members in the Orientation and Mobility Department at the school started teaching…
Descriptors: Travel Training, Accessibility (for Disabled), Special Education, Case Studies
Download full textPenrod, William; Corbett, Michael D.; Blasch, Bruce – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2005
Electronic travel devices are used to transform information about the environment that would normally be perceived through the visual sense into a form that can be perceived by people who are blind or have low vision through another sense (Blasch, Long, & Griffin-Shirley, 1989). They are divided into two broad categories: primary devices and…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Visually Impaired Mobility, Foreign Countries, Travel Training
