scholarly journals Assessment of the life experiences of visually impaired adults in the Empangeni region of Kwazulu

Curationis ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Zungu
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews

The purpose of the study was to assess how visual impairment influenced the experiences of daily living of blind adults in a rural community in KwaZulu, Information was elicited through semi-structured interviews with 16 people (eight men and eight women) between the ages of 21 and 55 years who had been visually impaired from one to more than 20 years. Such visual impairment ranged from inability to perform some of the activities that require the use of eyesight to inability to see at all.

scholarly journals The Strategies Used by Visually Impaired and Blind People in Iran to Cope With Difficulty Performing Daily Living Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
Faezeh Aghazadeh ◽  
◽  
Abbas Riazi ◽  
Mohammad Kamali ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
General Category ◽  
Blind People ◽  
High School Diploma ◽  
Daily Living Activities

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the strategies used by visually impaired and blind people in Iran to cope with difficulty performing daily living activities. Materials & Methods: This research is a qualitative study using a content analysis method. The participants were 18 visually impaired and blind people who were purposefully selected from those referred to the Visual Aid Research Center of Iran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran City, Iran. A semi-structured interview was first used using general questions about some daily living activities to discover the participants’ experiences. Attempts were made to allow participants to express their experiences independently without the help of the interviewer. The interviews were recorded as an audio file. After the interview, the audio files were transcribed and analyzed using thematic content analysis. The key sentences were extracted from the main texts, and the strategies or concepts extracted from those sentences were identified. Common strategies were put under one category. After the data saturation, when no new concept was found in the sentences, the interviews ended. By examining similar strategies in a category, subcategories were defined, and finally, similar subcategories were placed in a more general category, and the main themes or strategies were identified. Results: The Mean±SD age of the participants was 39.5±11 years, ranging from 22 to 66 years. Of 18 participants, 7 were blind, 7 had severe visual impairment, and 4 had moderate visual impairment. Their duration of blindness or visual impairment was more than five years. In terms of education, 7 had no high school diploma, and 11 had a high school diploma or higher degree. Vision loss was congenital in some subjects and acquired in others. We extracted 8 main themes or strategies used by the subjects to cope with difficulty performing daily living activities. These themes are trust in others, use of alternative senses, efficient vision care, use of technology, optimization of the living environment, avoiding a specific activity, increasing emotional intelligence, and use of intelligence and memory. Conclusion: The strategies used by the visually impaired and blind people in Iran are entirely personal and innovative and play an influential role in increasing their quality of life. According to their own statements, these strategies can solve their many problems in performing daily living activities.

scholarly journals Personalities Development and Role of Teachers for Visual Impairment Student at Institute Tahfiz Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Ak Mohd Aiman Pg Hj Md Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Set Up

Institut Tahfiz Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is the only institution in Brunei Darussalam who has Al-Quran study and memorization programs especially for visually impaired students, but how far their learning effectiveness is not yet known. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the essential elements required in identifying the essential elements required in development of teachers for visually impaired students. Identify the main role of teacher development for visually impaired students. This study is a qualitative study with a case study design with total of 4 informants were selected using a purposive sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed descriptively. Studies have shown that they have the potential to teach more visual impairment students, as well as being a link to other different abilities in order to study al-Quran in a proper way. The implication of this study shows that ITQSHHB has successfully set up a facility to learn al-Quran to the special needs who are literate in al-Quran education.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Coping Process among Visually Impaired Individuals, Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2819
Author(s):  
In Ok Sim
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Coping Process ◽  
Coping Processes

There is a lack of research based on in-depth theoretical and scientific knowledge to understand the visually impaired, and there has been little effort in the application of strategies for early intervention to minimize the risk these people might encounter during development. This study used semi-structured interviews from eight persons with visual impairments who had various experiences of coping process. Three coping processes based on life experiences were identified: (1) self-awareness and adaptation process: “self-awareness of disability” and “adaptation to disability and the environment”; (2) facing the circumstance process: “the exposure to concealment and abuse,” “the suppression of potential,” “denial and abandonment by family,” “poverty and disability,” “expansion of thinking,” and “opportunities of special participation”; and (3) the positive reinforcement process: “self-disclosure and jump-starting life,” “maintain satisfaction and achievement,” and “socioeconomic independence.” These findings expand the understanding of the factors common to the coping process experienced by individuals with visual impairment and highlight the importance of psychological support, family, education, and social support.

Trajectories of Persons with Visual Impairment: Narratives of a Woman

2022 ◽  
pp. 2455328X2110553
Author(s):  
Preeti Panwar
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Indian Constitution

This study discusses the lived-in experiences of a lady with visual impairment. The main objective of the study was to explore the trajectories of a female with visual impairment and understand life experiences from the lens of equality and justice perspectives. This study comes out with the finding that discrimination against visually impaired females is still prevalent in our society even after the enactment of acts and provision in Indian Constitution.

Puberty challenges of female adolescents with visual impairment

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110190
Author(s):  
Shirin Aghaee-Chaghooshi ◽  
Anahita khodabakhshi-koolaee ◽  
Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Health ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Lack Of Information

Physical, psychological, emotional, and social maturity is one of the main challenges occurring during adolescence and is associated with dramatic changes in adolescents. However, these challenges are worsened when the adolescent has a disability in addition to pubertal changes. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore the puberty challenges of female adolescents with visual impairment.This study is qualitative in terms of its design and an applied study in terms of its objectives and was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology. The research population included all female adolescents with visual impairment who were studying in high school in Tehran in 2020. The participants were blind and visually impaired girls who were selected from the Narjes educational Complex for Blind Girls using purposive sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were saturated after interviewing 15 participants. All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. The collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method of data analysis. The challenges faced by the female adolescents with visual impairment were categorized into four main themes including “worrying emotions experienced during puberty,” “development of emotional and love needs,” “redefining social relationships with family and others,” and “lack of information resources on puberty.” This study showed that the lack of information resources, awareness about puberty for female adolescents with visual impairment, the way others treat the puberty of girls, and adolescents’ own reaction to the phenomenon of puberty affect their quality of life in this period. Therefore, paying attention to the experience of female adolescents with visual impairment about the phenomenon of puberty provides a true picture of the feelings, needs, and challenges for visually impaired female adolescents during puberty, their families, school health educators, health professionals, and school counselors.

scholarly journals The impact of near visual impairment on instrumental activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults in Selangor

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiu Ting Kee ◽  
Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman ◽  
Norliza Mohamad Fadzil ◽  
Zainora Mohammed ◽  
Suzana Shahar
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Activity Of Daily Living ◽  
Instrumental Activities ◽  
Iadl Disability ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective Near visual impairment (VI) is a common disability in an aging population. Near vision is crucial in activity of daily living including reading, smartphone and computer use and meal preparation. This study was conducted to determine the association between near visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) with activity of daily living (ADL) among visually impaired older adults. Results A total of 208 participants aged  ≥  60 were recruited from the population-based longitudinal study on neuroprotective model for healthy longevity. Habitual near VA and CS were measured using Lighthouse near VA chart and Pelli-Robson CS chart, respectively. Lawton instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) was used to assess ADL. There are 41.8% participants with near visual impairment and 28.7% among them had IADL disability. Independent t test showed significant lower mean IADL score among visually impaired participants [t(206)  =  2.03, p  =  0.04]. IADL score significantly correlated with near VA (r  =   − 0.21, p  =  0.05) but not with CS (r  =   − 0.14, p = 0.21). Near VA (B  =   − 0.44, p  =  0.03) and age (B  =   − 0.07, p  =  0.01) significantly predicted IADL. The findings show poorer VA renders higher IADL disability, which may necessitate interventions to improve ADL among visually impaired older adults.

scholarly journals O Diálogo com estudantes com deficiência visual (Dv’s ) como Instrumento Formativo para um Ensino de Matemática InclusivoThe dialogue with visually impaired students as a formative tool for an inclusive mathematics teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-311
Author(s):  
Tiago Pereira ◽  
Fábio Alexandre Borges
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Inclusive Schooling

ResumoNeste trabalho discutimos alguns aspectos apresentados por estudantes com deficiência visual quanto às suas respectivas escolarizações inclusivas enfocando a disciplina de matemática. Foram entrevistados quatro sujeitos, atuais acadêmicos no ensino superior, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, que foram norteadas por um roteiro de perguntas construído com subsídios de uma revisão bibliográfica anterior. Na análise, empregamos os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo, e para expormos nossos resultados, utilizamos categorias elencadas por meio das convergências existentes nas falas dos entrevistados. As categorias identificadas foram: a diferenciação docente de conteúdos e atividades escolares entre estudantes com deficiência visual e videntes; o desconhecimento docente das necessidades educativas do aluno com deficiência visual; negligências/omissões docentes no ensino de estudantes com deficiência visual, incluso quanto aos seus aprendizados; tentativas isoladas de apoio docente como reflexo da falta de um trabalho coletivo escolar mais amplo.Palavras-chave: Deficiência visual, Ensino de matemática inclusivo, Narrativas de estudantes.AbstractIn this paper, we discuss some aspects presented by visually impaired students about their inclusive schooling focusing on mathematics. Four subjects, current higher education students, answered semi-structured interviews we prepared guided by a script of questions constructed with subsidies from a previous bibliographic review. In the analysis, we used the assumptions of content analysis, and to expose our results, we used categories listed through the convergences existing in the statements of the respondents. The categories identified were: the teaching differentiation of school content and activities between visually impaired and sighted students; the teachers' lack of knowledge of the educational needs of the visually impaired student; negligence/omissions in teaching visually impaired students, including their learning; isolated attempts at teaching support as a reflection of the lack of broader collective school work.Keywords: Visual impairment, Teaching of inclusive mathematics, Narratives of students.ResumenEn este artículo se discuten algunos aspectos presentados por estudiantes con discapacidad visual sobre su escolarización inclusiva con enfoque en matemáticas. Cuatro sujetos, estudiantes actuales de educación superior, respondieron entrevistas semiestructuradas que preparamos basados en un guión de preguntas construido con subsidios de una revisión bibliográfica previa. En el análisis, usamos los supuestos del análisis de contenido, y para exponer nuestros resultados, usamos categorías listadas a través de las convergencias existentes en las declaraciones de los encuestados. Las categorías identificadas fueron: la diferenciación docente del contenido y las actividades escolares entre estudiantes con discapacidad visual y con videntes; el desconocimiento de los profesores sobre las necesidades educativas del alumno con discapacidad visual; negligencia / omisiones en la enseñanza de estudiantes con discapacidad visual, incluido su aprendizaje; intentos aislados de apoyo a la enseñanza como reflejo de la falta de un trabajo escolar colectivo más amplio.Palabras clave: Discapacidad visual, Enseñanza inclusiva de las matemáticas, narrativas de estudiantes.

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 Analysis of the Resilience Process Experienced by People Living with Visual Impairment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
In Ok Sim
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Resilience Process

There is a lack of research based on in-depth theoretical and scientific knowledge to understand the visually impaired, and there has been little effort in the application of strategies for early intervention to minimize risk these people might encounter during development.. This study used semi-structured interviews from eight persons with visual impairments who had various experiences with resiliency. Three resilience processes based on life experiences were identified: 1) Experience and Adaptation: “self-awareness of disability” and “adaptation disability and the environment”; 2) Facing the Circumstances: “the exposure to concealment and abuse,” “the suppression of potential,” “denial and abandonment by family,” “poverty and disability,” “exchange and self-regulation,” and “social integration” themes; and 3) the Positive Reinforcement: “self-disclosure and jump-starting life,” “maintenance of a positive thinking,” and “socioeconomic independence.” These findings expand the understanding of the factors common to the resilience process experienced by individuals with visual impairment and highlight the importance of psychological support, family, education, and social support.

scholarly journals An analysis of the impact of visual impairment on activities of daily living and vision-related quality of life in a visually impaired adult population

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabila Jones ◽  
Hannah Elizabeth Bartlett ◽  
Richard Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
The Impact

Previous research has shown that people with visual impairment are more likely to be malnourished and have reported to have difficulty shopping for, preparing, and eating food. They are also reported to have a poor quality of life. The present study aims to investigate the impact of visual impairment on activities of daily living and Vision-Related Quality of Life (VR-QoL) in a sample of adults with visual impairment who are living in the United Kingdom. A 37-question survey evaluating the nutritional status and the activities of daily living, cooking and shopping, was disseminated to adults with visual impairment who were 18 years and older. VR-QoL was also assessed using the validated, Questionnaire of Vision-Related Quality of Life Measure (VCM1). Participants reported that being visually impaired made it difficult to shop for, prepare, and cook meals, and this correlated significantly with level of visual impairment. The VCM1 score of ⩾2.1 was reported by 74% of people with visual impairment revealing VR-QoL is more than a little of a concern for most of the participants. The mean VCM1 score for females was 2.9 ± 0.98 and 2.5 ± 1.1 for males. Level of visual impairment was not found to influence the VCM1 scores. This indicates even those with visual impairment below the level required for sight impairment registration report a reduced VR-QoL. It is the responsibility and duty of society to support people with visual impairment or other disabilities rather than blaming them for not ‘integrating’. Among other things, this can be done by incorporating norms into the marketing. These norms might help to raise and increase the awareness of suppliers to the needs of consumers with visual impairment. Furthermore, such norms may contribute to our ongoing efforts for a more inclusive and accessible environment.

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