Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairment in the Czech Republic

Růžičková, Kamila

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43653-1_2

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“…For us, this means that individuals with severe visual impairment since birth or early childhood should, after completing their compulsory schooling, have abilities and skills sufficient to move around fully independently and safely. The same methodology is used to improve or practice new routes or to practice spatial orientation in adults with severe visual impairment (acquired in adult or senior age) within non-profit organisations focusing on adults with severe visual impairment (SONS -Tyfloservis, Kafira and other local organisations) (Wiener, 2006;Voženílek, Michalík, Brychtová, & Vondráková, 2014a;Voženílek & Vondráková, 2014;Růžičková, Kroupová, & Vondráková, 2018;Voženílek at al., 2014b The methodology includes three basic practice areaswalking without a cane, walking with a white cane and analyticalsynthetic activity.…”

Section: Development Of Spatial Orientation and Independent Mobility mentioning

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Spatial Orientation Of People With Visual Impairment

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2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Spatial orientation and independent mobility comprise one of the area's most markedly affected by the loss or impairment of visual perception. Independent mobility and the interrelated spatial orientation are a prerequisites for increasing the self-sufficiency of an individual with visual impairment, usually also becoming a significant measure of their self-evaluation. In addition, spatial orientation tends to be perceived as the main indicator of independence and success of a person with visual impairment from the perspective of the majority of society as well as the person with visual impairment him/herself. Our research was based on the question of how the area of spatial orientation and independent mobility is perceived by three groups of participants: persons with visual impairment, professionals working with them, and the lay public. Its purpose was to explore and describe selected aspects of orientation and mobility from the perspective of the actors themselvesi.e. persons with severe visual impairment and the professionals involved. Therefore, over the period of six months, we organisations for adults with visual impairment, school counselling facilities (Special Educational Centres) and schools intended primarily for pupils with visual impairment, to receive answers from service users, pupils well as their instructors. We decided to address the lay public only later, after the after the initial study was completed. Our intention was to perform a primary probe into the chosen field of interest and identify the interesting aspects suitable for follow-up an applied research.

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Section: Development Of Spatial Orientation and Independent Mobility mentioning

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Spatial Orientation Of People With Visual Impairment

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2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…In contrast, the medical definition works primarily with defining degrees of visual impairment based on a visa or levels of spatial vision, or visual field status (Růžičková, Kroupová, & Kramostilová, 2016). The most classical division is then among people with blindness, with visual impairment, and possibly binocular vision disorder (Růžičková, 2018).…”

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Modern Tactile Maps In Special Education

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Barvíř²,

Vondráková³

2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…What is key is the function of tactile graphics in terms of improvement and support of the dynamic development of perception. In response to improved perception, the imagination develops -spatial ideas are refined, deepened and extended, as is thinking in terms of integration of the individual elements into a whole with respect to exploration of the surrounding world (Finková, Ludíková, & Růžičková, 2007;Růžičková, Kroupová, & Vondráková, 2018). Practically, tactile graphics is primarily of benefit within the area of spatial orientation and independent mobility, in particular, in terms of tactile plans and maps.…”

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Audiotactile Maps as a Facilitating Element in Spatial Orientation and Mobility

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Kroupová

2020

SIE

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Tactile graphics represent an important means to overcome or alleviate the information deficit resulting from the loss of visual perception. The research framework of the paper is focused on a primary probe into the field of application of tactile graphics in the spatial orientation of people with visual impairment in the sense of development of spatial imagination and improvement of independent movement through the use of audiotactile maps. The chosen topic is viewed from the perspective of professionals working with people with visual impairment as well as the clients with visual impairment themselves. Partial results of the study are presented, focusing on the overall attitude of people with visual impairment to tactile graphics and their application potential, which adds to the overall picture of contemporary reality in the field of tactile graphics, with an emphasis on usability in spatial orientation and independent movement. The research has shown the considerable potential of tactile graphics in the development of spatial imagination. In connection with these conclusions, modern 3D maps with auditory elements were designed and will be also presented in the paper.

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Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairment in the Czech Republic

Cited by 3 publications

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Spatial Orientation Of People With Visual Impairment

Spatial Orientation Of People With Visual Impairment

Modern Tactile Maps In Special Education

Audiotactile Maps as a Facilitating Element in Spatial Orientation and Mobility

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