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Forman, Edward – Educ Visually Handicapped, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mainstreaming, Physical Activities, Physical Education
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Div. for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1972
The reference circular provides information on approximately 50 reading and writing aids intended for physically or visually handicapped individuals. Described are low vision aids, aids for holding a book or turning pages, aids for reading in bed, handwriting aids, typewriters and accessories, braille writing equipment, sound reproducers, and aids…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Education, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedWithrow, Frank B. – Volta Review, 1976
Characteristics of an effective sensory aid for the hearing impaired child are reviewed, the development of educational aids is traced, and a computer-assisted instructional program with a sensory interface is seen as the next step in the advancement of technology with the hearing impaired. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments, Instructional Materials
Goldish, Louis H.; Taylor, Harry E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Described are results of an independent survey of more than 100 blind mostly adult users of the Telesensory Systems' Optacon (a reading device utilizing print-to-tactual-image conversion) on user characteristics, the uses to which the device is put, advantages and disadvantages, reliability, training, the manufacturer, and costs. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Education
Fish, Raymond M. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Education, Neurology, Sensory Aids
Peer reviewedBoothroyd, Arthur – Volta Review, 1975
Provided is an overview of technological devices which have been designed to help the deaf with problems of warning communication (both face-to-face and at a distance), education, entertainment, and acquisition of information. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Communications, Deafness, Educational Technology, Electromechanical Aids
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1972
Presented are 11 papers given at a conference on the evaluation of sensory aids for the visually handicapped which emphasized mobility and reading aids beginning to be tested and distributed widely. Many of the presentations are by the principal developers or advocates of the aids. Introductory readings compare the role of evaluation in the…
Descriptors: Braille, Conference Reports, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Education
Keeney, Arthur H. – Sight Saving Rev, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 15, 1969).
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Education, Eyes, Learning Disabilities
Strelow, E. R.; Hodgson, R. M. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Sensory Aids
Friedman, Gerald R. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
After describing the basic principles of closed-circuit television and its uses in low vision rehabilitation, the author provides a general critique of the system as it is currently being marketed. (Author)
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Educational Media, Exceptional Child Education, Partial Vision
Vermey, Geerat J. – Educ Visually Handicapped, 1969
Descriptors: Braille, Exceptional Child Education, Material Development, Raised Line Drawings
Eveland, Elmer Lee – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Presented are two letters, one from a teacher suggesting a magazine column for exchanging ideas on serving the visually handicapped and the other from a blind individual describing ideas, helpful devices, and commercial items relating to the use of braille and cassettes. (SB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Education, Information Dissemination
Bliss, James C.; Moore, Mary W. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Given is detailed information about the Optacon reading system, which uses a portable electronic device enabling blind persons to convert inkprint materials into tactile form, as well as features and accessories that extend Optacon use in conjunction with machines such as electronic calculators and typewriters. (LH)
Descriptors: Blindness, Equipment Utilization, Exceptional Child Education, Reading Skills
Kennedy, Mildred; Whitehurst, Mary Wood – Volta Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
Barraga, Natalie C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Descriptors: Adults, Exceptional Child Education, Low Vision Aids, Normalization (Handicapped)
