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Jay, Karla – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Choroidal neovascularization is a rare condition where aberrant blood vessels behind the retina grow and then bleed, eventually becoming blind areas called Fuchs' spots. A woman suffering from this rare eye disease speaks about the challenges of coping with the visual disability and her determination to make the best of what life has to offer.
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Personal Narratives, Coping, Diseases
Peer reviewedKoenig, Alan J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1990
Discusses variables in the systematic decision-making process for selecting appropriate reading media for students with visual impairments. The article describes a two-phase process for selecting print or braille media. It examines an objective procedure for determining the relative effectiveness of print media, illustrating the procedure with…
Descriptors: Braille, Case Studies, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education

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