Revisiting Visual Impairment

Bajaj, Gagandeep

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0524-9_7

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“…In addition, the United Nations also said that individuals with special needs have various obstacles in interacting with the community in their environment. Then, Bajaj (2019) stated that visually impaired students are faced with challenges in learning due to lack of experience, weak environmental control, limited non-verbal communication, and inadequate information about concepts. Furthermore, deaf students stated that if they are born with parents who can hear or have to communicate with hearing people in their early days, then delays in language development are most likely to occur and have an impact on their learning process (Singh 2019).…”

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Students’ Perceptions of Innovative Learning Media as a Support System for Inclusive Education

Amalia

2022

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All students, without exception, are expected to have an equal opportunity of acquiring higher education. Many universities in Indonesia including Universitas Airlangga accept students with disabilities. However, the availability and use of learning materials for these students are scarce. The study aimed to understand the students' perceptions on this issue, particularly for students with visual and hearing impairments. The study includes 80 participants consisting of regular students and students with special needs in Universitas Airlangga. The study used a questionnaire to collect students’ perspective on learning media provided by Universitas Airlangga. The findings of the study revealed how the majority of students at Universitas Airlangga considered learning materials and media available cannot be used to its full potential by students with special needs. Moreover, the policies have not been adjusted to the needs of students with special needs. Moreover, students expected support system to help the learning process of students with special needs. Lastly, the participants’ responds on the questionnaire show positive opinions on the initiative and calls for the need to scale up and improve the support system.

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Students’ Perceptions of Innovative Learning Media as a Support System for Inclusive Education

Amalia

2022

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“…Individuals with adventitious visual impairment (AVI) are those who have acquired their visual impairment in midlife, although the definition may be generalized to include those who acquired visual impairment during adulthood ( Bajaj, 2019 ). The psychological trauma caused by loss of vision is felt to a greater extent by individuals with AVI than those with congenital visual impairments ( Yang and Park, 2016 ; Haegele and Zhu, 2019 ; Jaleel et al, 2019 ).…”

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The Meaning of Musicing in the Post-traumatic Growth of Individuals With Adventitious Visual Impairment: Applying the Life History Method by Mandelbaum

Park

2021

Front. Psychol.

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This study investigated individuals with adventitious visual impairment (AVI) acquired during adulthood through a traumatic event, for an in-depth and contextual understanding of the factors and processes that led to positive changes in their post-traumatic growth. The life history method was applied on 15 individuals with AVI (seven males and eight females) through in-depth interviews about their life. The study’s analytical framework involved three domains: dimensions, turnings, and adaptations of life, as proposed by Mandelbaum. The results revealed the following key factors: of the dimensions of life—family, rehabilitation center, and music groups; of turnings of life—positive change through awareness and tolerance of impairments, new challenge posed by rehabilitation training, and finding inner resources through music; and of adaptations of life—accepting one’s life in a harsh social environment, actively establishing relationships with others as an individual with visual impairment, and re-finding meaning of life through musicing. This study contributes by revealing the role of each of the above-mentioned factors and identifying their correlations. The results suggest that musicing may help individuals with AVI develop empathy and engage in social communication through active self-disclosure.

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Barriers to curriculum accessibility for students with visual impairment in general education setting: The experience of lower secondary school students in Senegal

Diasse,

Kawai

2024

The Curriculum Journal

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This study explores potential barriers to curriculum accessibility for lower‐secondary school students with visual impairment in Senegal. A qualitative case study approach was used with purposeful sampling to collect data at a special school for students with visual impairment, and the three junior high schools that offer placement to the students with visual impairment after primary graduation from the special school. The study comprised 22 participants including six students with visual impairment, six regular teachers, three paraeducators, three special education teachers, and the four administrators of the schools. Data were collected using semi‐structured interviews, focus group discussions, and classroom observations. The study concluded that students with visual impairment in lower secondary schools face several obstacles to having proper access to the general education curriculum. The results highlight a lack of training and skills for teachers having students with visual impairment in junior high schools, a shortage of curriculum materials and adaptations, inconvenience of classroom environment, and a restricted collaboration between actors.

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Revisiting Visual Impairment

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Students’ Perceptions of Innovative Learning Media as a Support System for Inclusive Education

Students’ Perceptions of Innovative Learning Media as a Support System for Inclusive Education

The Meaning of Musicing in the Post-traumatic Growth of Individuals With Adventitious Visual Impairment: Applying the Life History Method by Mandelbaum

Barriers to curriculum accessibility for students with visual impairment in general education setting: The experience of lower secondary school students in Senegal

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