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Direct linkJay, 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
Download full textMorford, Ronald A. – 1989
The Print and Computer Enlargement (PACE) System is being designed as a portable computerized reading and writing system that enables a low-vision person to read regular print and then create and edit text using large-print computerized output. The design goal was to develop a system that: weighed no more than 12 pounds so it could be easily…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Software, Computer System Design, Design Requirements
American Public Health Association, Inc., New York, NY. Program Area Committee on Child Health. – 1967
One of a series dealing with community services for handicapped children, this guide for public health personnel gives problems common to all types of handicapping conditions, a general philosophy of community services, and an outline of guiding principles on which to base a community program. The topics covered are concepts, facts, causes, and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Genesky, S. M.; And Others – 1974
One of a series on the visual information transfer problems of the partially sighted, the report describes an interactive, multicamera, multimonitor closed circuit television (CCTV) system that permits continuous visual communication between teacher and students in an elementary school resource room. The system (in use since November 1973) is the…
Descriptors: Adults, Closed Circuit Television, Educational Media, Elementary Education
Harris, Zach; Webster, Amanda Beeler – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Through research, data collection, and analysis, this descriptive project examined rural Missouri school board governance practices. The study focused on Missouri rural schools with a student population of 400 to 1000. Effective school board members, as questionnaire respondents, were identified as having served rural Missouri school districts…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Team Training
Tekos, George; Solomonidou, Christina – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This pilot study documents the design and evaluation results of an innovative teaching approach with the use of ICT regarding the optics concepts of light reflection and diffusion, and vision in Greek primary school. First there was a survey of 140 students to ascertain their initial ideas regarding these concepts. On the basis of the results of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Computer Assisted Instruction, Optics, Computer Software
Young, Beverly S.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to determine if there were significant differences in vision between beginning readers who learn to read easily and those who learn with difficulty (dyslexics). In addition, the study examined the mean of the high achievers (rather than expert opinion) to discover the degree to which visual efficiency was normally needed for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Grade 1, Grade 2
Bikson, T. K.; And Others – 1978
The report presents the results of an evaluation of the educational impact in two Los Angeles County, California, elementary schools, of Interactive Classroom Television Systems (ICTSs -- closed circuit systems that permit continuous two-way visual communication between teachers and partially sighted students and enable such students to make the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Communication
Peer reviewedDeWitt, J. C.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Large print/enhanced image computer access products for low-vision individuals are reviewed. The products ("DP-11/Plus,""Large Print DOS,""Lyon Large Print,""PC Lens,""Vista/Vista 2," and "ZoomText") work interactively with most application programs and DOS in IBM environments. Features…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs
Jose, Randall T.; Butler, James H. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Driver Education, Exceptional Child Education, Partial Vision, Performance Tests
Gibbs, Sally Horan; Rice, James A. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Exceptional Child Education, Partial Vision, Visual Impairments
ANAPOLLE, LOUIS – 1967
VISUAL TRAINING IS DEFINED AS THE FIELD OF OCULAR REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE VARIOUS VISUAL SKILLS THAT ARE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT, AUTOMOBILE DRIVING, OUTDOOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES, AND OCCUPATIONAL PURSUITS. A HISTORY OF ORTHOPTICS, THE SUGGESTED NAME FOR THE ENTIRE FIELD OF OCULAR REEDUCATION, IS GIVEN. READING AS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Research, Vision, Visual Discrimination
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
Rosen, Carl L. – 1968
The current view of the multidimensional nature of learning difficulties includes visual difficulties as one contributing factor. Although many researchers decry the use of the Snellen Test as the sole screening device, this test is still the most commonl y used vision screening instrument in our nation's schools. Findings of numerous studies…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Referral, Research Reviews (Publications), Screening Tests
Hill, Patricia J. – 1974
This document details the California State Code's provisions concerning eye examinations for children in public schools. It explains how the examinations should beconducted and recorded, how teachers can observe children for vision problems, how to report vision problems to parents and recommend secure medical assistance, and what obligations the…
Descriptors: Records (Forms), School Health Services, State Legislation, Vision Tests
