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Visual Impairments including Blindness -(Mengshan Sun) (According to the…
Visual Impairments including Blindness
-(Mengshan Sun)
According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997, a visual impairment refers to “an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.”(
https://http://sped.wikidot.com/visual-impairments
)
Reference:
Coleman, M.B., Cramer, E.S., Park, Y. et al. J Dev Phys Disabil (2015) 27: 637.retrieve from
https://doi-org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/10.1007/s10882-015-9440-6
Lisa R. Tebo a resource guide for assistive technology for students with visual impairment (n.d.) retrieve from
https://qiat.org/docs/resourcebank/TEBO_VI_Resource_Guide.pdf
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments (n.d.) retrieve from
https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/accommodations--modifications.html
Accommodations
the way students demonstrate learning
-Modified assignments
-Avoid activities requiring extensive visual scanning
-Use of bold marker, raised line paper.
-Oral testing
Reduce writing assignment
-Consideration for time needed for using equipment and eye fatigue and scanning ability
setting
preferential seating
seated facing away from windows.
permission to move about the room as needed
Eliminate unnecessary background noise
Avoid glare from overhead lights
the way materials are presented
-Copies of all written on the board or overhead information
-high contrast color
-verbalize all information
-recorded text
-contrast background
Medium used:
-braille
-large print
-audiotape
-electronic text
-oral testing/scribing
Assistive Technologies
AT for Art, Music and PE
Magnification - handheld or digital magnifiers, a CCTV
Textures and Materials
Specialized Materials
Low Tech Adaptations for Music
Tape and string to set up a playing area
Adaptive tools for PE
AT for social study and sicence
Magnification
Visually Enhanced or Tactile Graphics
Models and 3-Dimensional Objects
Large Print, Tactile, Or Braille Measuring Tools
Specialized Software
AT for math
Abacus
Visually Enhanced Manipulatives
Large display and large keys, tactile or braille keys and and talking calculators.
AT for writing
Writing Tools -bold felt-tip markers/ soft lead pencils
Specialized paper with darkened lines, raised lines,colors
Slate and Stylus
Handheld Digital Recorder
Video Magnification
Word Processor
Braille Notetaker
Braille Embosser
AT for reading
Digital text
Audio book
Braille
Handheld Magnifiers
Video Magnifier
Enlarged Text
Visual impairment accounts for less than 0.5 percent of students served under IDEA,School year 2017–18
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgg.asp
