A Survey of Recreation Personnel in Agencies and Schools for Blind and Visually Impaired People

This article reports on a national survey of recreation personnel in agencies and schools for blind and visually impaired persons. The survey addressed the personnel's employment status, educational background and continuing education experiences, professional affiliation, and interest in networking with other recreation personnel who work with blind and visually impaired persons.

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The Use of Fax Technology to Address the Reading Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x9008401005 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 84 (10) ◽

pp. 509-513

Author(s):

W. Gerrey ◽

J. Brabyn ◽

W. Crandall

Keyword(s):

Visually Impaired ◽

Office Workers ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Blind Persons ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

Although fax communications pose a problem of accessibility for blind and visually impaired office workers, with centralized readers’ services they could be used to address the wider reading needs of blind and visually impaired people. With this technology, blind persons with fax machines could send unknown print to readers at a centralized readers’ service, who would read facsimiles of the documents over voice phones. This article discusses the specifications for appropriate equipment and protocols and presents the preliminary results of a study of such a system.

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Caseload Size Survey of Agencies Serving Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x8608000405 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 80 (4) ◽

pp. 683-684

Author(s):

Leroy H. Pelton

Keyword(s):

Visually Impaired ◽

Public And Private ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Different Types ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

A caseload size survey was conducted of both public and large private agencies serving blind and visually impaired people. Wide variations in caseload size were found between different types of professional caseworkers, between agencies, and between public and private agencies.

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Humanizing Blindness through Public Education

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x9008400801 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 84 (8) ◽

pp. 397-400 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

C.R. Augusto ◽

J.M. McGraw

Keyword(s):

Public Education ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Blind People ◽

Education Programs ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

The Media ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

Public attitudes toward blindness are shaped by limited contacts with visually impaired people and unrealistic portrayals of blind people in the media. These attitudes hamper the integration of blind and visually impaired persons in society. Professionals in the field need ‘to work together to develop national and local public education programs to change stereotyped thinking. Proactive efforts that include a variety of methods can begin to humanize blindness and hence can lead to greater opportunities for fuller participation in society.

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A Robotic Guide for Blind People Part 2: Gender and National Analysis of a Multi-National Survey and the Application of the Survey Results and the Cat Model to Framing Robot Design Specifications

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics ◽

10.1155/2012/869764 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 29-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Marion A. Hersh ◽

Michael A. Johnson

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Design Specifications ◽

Blind And Visually Impaired ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Survey Results ◽

The Uk ◽

National Analysis ◽

Cat Model

This paper presents a gender and country-based analysis of the results of a multi-national survey questionnaire on the attitudes, requirements and preferences of blind and visually impaired people for a robotic guide. This is introduced by a brief summary of the findings of the survey introduced and reported in Part 1 and a brief overview of some of the technologies that are currently used in the construction of mobile robotic guides. An analysis of the gender dimension revealed very few differences in preferences or requirements between male and female respondents. There was also considerable commonality of preferences and requirements across the four countries, France, Italy, Spain and the UK, for which the comparative analysis was carried out. This implies that, at least initially, one robotic guide can be developed to be used in a number of different countries and by both women and men. The survey results were then applied to develop design specifications for a mobile robotic guide for blind and visually impaired people. The framework of the Comprehensive Assistive Technology (CAT) model developed by the authors was used to organise the information and structure the development of the design specifications. Further work will involve the construction of design mock-ups to implement the design specifications and their investigation with end-users to choose a design for further development.

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Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations: Proceedings of the Fifth World Professional Forum «Crimea-2019» (Sudak, June 8–16, 2019) ◽

10.33186/978-5-85638-223-4-2020-162-168 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Olga Novikova ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Information Space ◽

Advanced Training ◽

Improve Quality ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

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