Three Classes of Change to Improve the Daily Living Skills of Persons with Visual Impairment

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 402-404
Author(s):  
J. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Living Skills ◽  
The Way

Individuals who become visually impaired need to adapt in the way they perform tasks. This article describes three classes of change involved in improving the daily living skills of persons with visual impairments: changes in the work, in the workplace, and in the worker's activity. Changes in the work or product are considered the highest level of change and, of necessity, bring about changes in the workplace and in the worker's activities. Case studies illustrate the three levels of changes.

scholarly journals Equipamento Vestível para Auxílio na Mobilidade de Pessoas Com Deficiência Visual

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Claudio Leite Pereira ◽  
Janine Kniess
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
The Way

Mobility for people with visual impairments is a challenge in placeswhere there is no knowledge of obstacles. Research carried out inthis work identified that people with visual impairment have difficultieswith obstacles located above 1 meter. Thus, an approach isproposed to notify the visually impaired person through sound andvibration about such obstacles. The proposed solution is available onthe ThingSpeak platform and components such as microcontrollers(ESP8266 NodeMcu ESP-12), sensors, buzzer and GPS were usedin its development. Results confirmed that the proposed approachcorrectly identified the existence of obstacles with a height equalto or greater than 1 (one) meter in the way of visually impairedpeople.

scholarly journals ENCANTOS E ENCONTROS DA BIBLIOTERAPIA PARA PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIA VISUAL = BIBLIOTHERAPY CHARMS AND MEETINGS FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Marilia Mesquita Guedes Pereira ◽  
Danielle da Silva Pinheiro Wellichan
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Informational Environment ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
The Way

A leitura possui um vasto significado na vida do ser humano, independentemente do ambiente ou da forma como aconteça. Especialmente por meio da Biblioterapia, ela pode representar grandes transformações e, para as pessoas com deficiência visual (de forma congênita ou adquirida), pode oferecer oportunidades de identidade, integração e expressão, despertando possibilidades importantes que podem ser trabalhadas e incluídas por bibliotecários em seu ambiente informacional. Com o objetivo de descrever sobre a prática e essas possibilidades, realizou-se uma breve revisão de literatura, somada à descrição de duas sessões de Biblioterapia realizadas na biblioteca de um instituto especializado mediado por uma Bibliotecária, na Paraíba, em João Pessoa. Assim, foi possível identificar como a leitura auxilia a pessoa com deficiência visual a desvendar, recordar e se encantar com um mundo cheio de descobertas, imaginação e diversão, mesmo de forma diferente. Resultados apontam inúmeros benefícios e demonstram o quanto a Biblioterapia favorece a inclusão das pessoas com deficiência visual nas sessões desenvolvidas nas bibliotecas e amplia os horizontes profissionais do bibliotecário em relação aos seus usuários.AbstractReading has a vast meaning in human life, regardless of the environment or the way it happens. Especially through Bibliotherapy, it can represent great transformations and, for people with visual impairment (congenital or acquired), it can offer opportunities for identity, integration and expression, awakening important possibilities that can be worked on and included by librarians in their informational environment. In order to describe the practice and these possibilities, a brief literature review was carried out, together with the description of two Bibliotherapy sessions held in the library of a specialized institute mediated by a Librarian, in Paraíba, João Pessoa. Thus, it was possible to identify how reading helps the visually impaired person to unravel, remember and be enchanted by a world full of discoveries, imagination and fun, even in a different way. Results point out numerous benefits and demonstrate how bibliotherapy favors the inclusion of people with visual impairments in the sessions developed in libraries and expands the librarian's professionalhorizons in relation to their users.

A Comparison of the Independent Living Skills of Primary Students with Visual Impairments and Their Sighted Peers: A Pilot Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 335-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Lewis ◽  
Sandra A. Iselin
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
Independent Living Skills ◽  
Living Skills ◽  
Children With Visual Impairments

The parents of children with visual impairments and the parents of their same-age sighted peers were interviewed to determine their children's mastery of 101 daily living skills. As a whole, the children with visual impairments performed only 44% of the tasks independently, while the sighted children performed 84% of them independently.

The Residential Summer Camp—A Vehicle for Promoting Daily Living Skills

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 367-371
Author(s):  
Sheldon Maron ◽  
Therese Hassler
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Living Skills ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Competitive Nature

Mastering activities of daily living (ADL) is essential for all children, especially those who are visually handicapped. In an eight-week, residential summer camp program, ADL was offered as part of the regular program and it was found that campers of varying ages consistently indicated that this was a most worthwhile learning experience. Due to their low pressure, less competitive nature, camps may represent an excellent vehicle for promoting these skills, and their use for such a purpose merits further exploration.

Sighted Children Learn about Blindness

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 258-261
Author(s):  
Wenda L. Scheffers
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Guide Dogs ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Blind Children ◽  
Living Skills ◽  
Blind Persons

In a unit of 20 lessons sighted children were taught about the long cane, guide dogs, daily living skills, eye physiology, causes of blindness, eye care, braille, and attitudes toward blindness. The children were also required to perform some activities under blindfolds. After completing the unit, the children revealed far greater knowledge about blindness and had more positive attitudes toward blind persons—valuable preliminaries for mainstreaming blind children.

Adapting the Brief COPE for Chinese Adolescents with Visual Impairments

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yuan ◽  
Li-fang Zhang ◽  
Bing Li
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Chinese Adolescent

Introduction The present research pioneered the effort in assessing adolescents’ coping with visual impairment through adapting the Brief COPE in an eastern context. The first study preliminarily explored the applicability of the Brief COPE to Chinese adolescent students with visual impairments. Based on the results, the Brief COPE was modified and renamed, COPE-Revised. The second study tested the internal psychometric properties and the criterion-related validity of the COPE-Revised. Criterion-related validity was obtained through investigating the correlation between coping and self-esteem. Method The first study involved 176 adolescent students with visual impairments, comprising a survey using the Brief COPE and follow-up interviews. In the second study, another cohort of 170 adolescent students with visual impairments responded to the COPE-Revised together with an inventory assessing self-esteem. Results The COPE-Revised showed adequate psychometric properties. Three higher-order factors, namely self-directed, other-directed, and relinquished-control coping, were identified. The way in which self-esteem was correlated with these three dimensions of coping provided evidence for the criterion-related validity of the COPE-Revised. Discussion The findings indicate that the COPE-Revised has sound psychometric properties among adolescents with visual impairments. Limitations regarding the sample-selection bias and the means of questionnaire survey among visually impaired adolescents are noted. Implications for practitioners This research tailored a coping inventory for educators, counselors, and researchers who are interested in investigating adolescents’ ability to cope with visual impairments. The relationship between coping with visual impairment and self-esteem found in this research has reference significance for educational and counseling services for visually impaired adolescents.

scholarly journals A young adult with nonverbal low-functioning Autism: A case review of readiness for independent living

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-177
Author(s):  
Zuxin Josie Oh ◽  
Guo Hui Xie
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Case Review ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Percentile Rank ◽  
Independent Life ◽  
Low Functioning ◽  
Living Skills

This is a case review of a male adult, GO, with nonverbal low functioning autism in his twenties. Previous psycho-educational assessment indicated that GO had a nonverbal IQ (NVIQ) of 73 within the borderline range, an adaptive behavior composite score at the extremely low percentile rank, and poor executive functioning (EF) capability with majority of the EF components falling in the performance range from borderline problem to problematic range. His family has expressed their concern if GO would be able to take care of himself when they are too old or no longer around to care for him. This short paper is an attempt to review all the previous assessment results and to find out if GO could be helped to improve in his daily living skills in order to lead a more independent life in the future.

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