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Gipsman, Sandra Curtis – 1979
To investigate the ability of 48 blind and partially sighted children (8 to 10 and 12 to 14 years old) to assume the upright position, Ss were given six trials in which they were requested to move themselves from a tilted starting position in a specially constructed chair to an upright position. No significant differences were found between three…
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Human Posture
Peer reviewedOseroff, Andrew; Birch, Jack W. – Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Partial Vision, Socioeconomic Influences
Peer reviewedNuttall, Ronald L.; Delaney, Anne Marie – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1978
An analysis of the annual reports of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind from 1966 to 1975 and examination of numbers registered with the Commission from 1976 and 1977 revealed a 69 per cent increase in the registered population for these 12 years. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedMyers, William A. – Exceptional Children, 1971
Investigated was whether partially seeing children see the Snellen E, printed in selected colored inks on various colored backgrounds, at different distances in terms of initial recognition and best focus. (Author)
Descriptors: Color, Exceptional Child Research, Partial Vision, Visual Acuity
Download full textGillis, George A. – 1973
Studied were eye coordination and effects of fatigue on vision in the visual and academic functioning of 1049 students in grades 1 through 10. An earlier study (1966) examined the eye coordination of 1152 students in grades 1 through 12. The common Snellen Test of Visual Acuity failed to indicate 42% of students who were diagnosed by other tests…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Eye Movements, Partial Vision, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedGenensky, Samuel M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1978
The article examines the relative sizes of the nation's partially sighted, legally blind but not functionally blind, and functionally blind populations as a function of age. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence
Sloan, Louise L.; Habel, Adelaide – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Large Type Materials, Partial Vision
Schale, Florence C. – Academic Therapy, 1972
Investigated was the page-at-a-glance speed reading phenomenon in two gifted adolescent readers with normal vision using only one eye. (KW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted, Partial Vision
Peer reviewedKirchner, Corinne; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The report analyzes data collected by the American Printing House for the Blind from residential and nonresidential schools regarding trends in school enrollment and reading methods among legally blind school children. (CL)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Enrollment, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence
SCOTT, ROBERT A. – 1967
THE BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND ESSAYS CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS WERE EXTRACTED FROM THREE PRIMARY SOURCES--(1) THE MAJOR REFERENCE DOCUMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR THE YEARS 1955 THROUGH 1966, (2) LITERATURE FROM THE FIELD OF WORK FOR THE BLIND, AND (3) STANDARD BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON THE SUBJECT OF ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Bibliographies, Blindness
Peer reviewedHanninen, Kenneth A.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
The authors describe the function of a low vision clinic and report on an evaluation of one clinic's services. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Low Vision Aids, Partial Vision, Postsecondary Education
Davis, Philip; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Exceptional Child Research, Partial Vision, Reading
Coveny, Thomas E. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1972
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Tests, Partial Vision
Miller, Charles K. – Educ Visually Handicapped, 1969
An abstract of a study done during doctoral work (Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). (RJ)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept)
HATFIELD, ELIZABETH M. – 1966
CURRENT ESTIMATES AND SOME TREND DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS -- POPULATION GROWTH (1940-1960), PREVALENCE OF LEGAL BLINDNESS, NEW CASES OF LEGAL BLINDNESS, AGE DISTRIBUTION OF LEGALLY BLIND PERSONS, CAUSES OF LEGAL BLINDNESS, CHANGING PATTERNS IN CAUSES OF LEGAL BLINDNESS, CASES OF GLAUCOMA, SCHOOL CHILDREN NEEDING EYE CARE,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blindness, Children
