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Long, Joseph J.; Butchart, Maggie; Brown, Michael; Bain, Janice; McMillan, Anne; Karatzias, Thanos – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellectual disabilities and providing better support to those individuals identified as visually impaired.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Impairments, Vision
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Kodjebacheva, Gergana; Maliski, Sally; Yu, Fei; Oelrich, Faye; Coleman, Anne L. – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
The study assessed the effectiveness of a pilot intervention to promote the use of eyeglasses in one school in California. The intervention used a one-group pretest, posttest design. Between January and June 2011, during the intervention, all first- and second-grade children received eye evaluations and the children with refractive error received…
Descriptors: Vision, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Elementary School Students
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Moodley, V. R.; Loughman, James; Naidoo, K. S. – Africa Education Review, 2015
The dire need for eye care services and a dearth of human resources (HR) in sub-Saharan Africa motivated the setting up of new optometry programmes. However, to make a meaningful impact, geographical, gender, economic and educational disparities must additionally be addressed. A qualitative study utilizing purposive sampling to select academic…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Optometry, Qualitative Research, Sampling