Visual Impairment

Communication with the hearing impaired learner will help the teacher to access what support would be suitable for the learner. The learner can inform the teacher as to what issues they are having and how the environment can be made more suitable. Agreement between the learner and the teacher about methods of communication will be useful; and the teacher should also take the opportunity to inform other learners in the group about their disabled peer although it will require the input of the disabled learner. Any negative behaviour in the classroom should be dealt with appropriately. All learners are encouraged to feel confident around each other

If a person can’t see they find a way to function through the day with a Seeing Eye dog or reading with Braille knowledge, and if a person is unable to hear they are able to function at a very high level through the use of sign language and reading lips.

One service user who was blind was hard to settle, because he couldn’t see it was hard to communicate, he was unable to express himself verbally and he was very anxious and depressed. He had moved from Bala where he was brought up many years ago

Children who have visual impairment usually have some vision; this can vary from each child. Some children may be able to see outlines of objects while others may only be able to tell the difference between light and dark. If a child has vision problems this nearly always initially delays their physical development. Their gross and fine motor skills would be affected because they would be unable to be as adventurous as children with good vision. Fine motor skills may not be in line with other children as the child would find it hard to do tasks that require precision such as threading beads or colouring a picture. Cognitive and language skills would also be affected, even if the child was able to read it would take longer to learn especially if it involved using braille. With the right interventions in place there is no reason why a child with visual impairment would not be able to catch up with their peers.

When a blind character is introduced in a story, everything (movements, statements) have to accommodate the lack of sight

The United States has many minority groups that face oppression. In the media today, most of the minority issues that are highlighted involve the LGBTQ community, women, and racial minorities. Differently-abled people are rarely given the space to share with the world how they see it. This literature review will discuss terms related to visual impairment, legislative measures taken in the United States to assist those with severe visual impairments, and the oppression and discrimination those who are visually impaired face.

When not allowing the blind to participate in events, educating them, or even producing some kind of program to assist presents a form of rejection. Also, to raise people’s awareness is that everyone deserves and have an opportunity to education, but "disempowering the visual impaired and denying them the opportunity to direct and control their own learning" (Doake) is far from justice.

It doesn’t matter if someone is blind or deaf for one to see what is all around they have to use other senses no one knows exist until the time is needed for one rely on it. One learns to rely on other senses to survive once one sense fails. However, teaching someone who can see and hear how to use their other senses can be complicated if they are not receptive to the teacher, or in other cases teach a person to see beyond their normal sight to open up their senses.

A medical definition of vision impairment is a sine qua non that prohibits 20/20 vision in one or both eyes (Bowman, Bowman, Dutton & Royal National Institute for the Blind, 2001; Vision Australia, 2015; Webster & Roe, 1998). Examples of vision impairment include, cataracts, which has the lens inside the eye increasingly cloudy; albinism, which is passed down genetically affecting clear vision and causes sensitivity to bright light; optic nerve damage, which affects field of vision as those nerves controlling vision are disrupted; macular degeneration, where parts of the retina that control colour and fine details are affected; retinitis pigmentosa, which is an ongoing reduction of the field of vision available and nystagmus, where the eye flickers involuntary (Bowman, Bowman, Dutton & Royal National Institute for the Blind, 2001; American Foundation for the Blind, 2015; Vision Australia, 2015 ; Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank, 2015). John suffers from retinitis

Visual impairment is a state wherein an individual experiences difficulty in seeing or not being able to see anything physical presented to them. According to Mandal, MD (2013) It is a state where a visually impaired person’s eyesight cannot be corrected back to a “normal level”. Visual impairment is often associated with old age. In Europe, an estimated 15.5 million people have visual impairment and in seven countries in Europe, about 50% of blindness is caused by age-related macular degeneration. (Dibb,

When asked about her (T1) experience in teaching visually impaired, she (T1) points out that she is not just focusing on the academics but also in the field of discipline. Despite of their disability, they should also be trained how to be discipline. T1 stated that everything follows when there is

The Texas school for the blind was established in 1856 for people that were blind and/ or visually impaired.The school for the blind’s mission is to help visually disabled people to succeed in life by helping them adapt to their surroundings and their disability. The school gains their funding through the state which started funding them back in 1856 even though they only had one student at the time.The eligibility of this school varies from minor corneal disfunction up until total blindness. The people serviced at the school from the blind are either completely blind or they have corneal dysfunctions and are taught how to read braille at a young age.The impact that the school has on the healthcare industry is tremendous in a good way.The way

Vision is a learned and developed skill as a child grows and connects parts of the brain to other parts of a child’s developing body. If a child has difficulty seeing the outside world they may not understand that there is a big interesting world to explore and discover. To explore is to learn new experiences and develop knowledge but without vision this may be delayed or has to be learnt in a different, slower way that can slow a child down academically. Without vision a child or young person may feel isolated and may not feel comfortable socially as they may not be able interpret someone’s mood or thoughts like a person with sight, because we sometimes use non-verbal forms of communication like facial expressions and body language to show

With that being said, I can see how some visually impaired individuals are talked down by their peers. For example, some students were not as advanced as others; some would still be walking with another student or teacher while another blind student would be walking alone. Some are more advanced due to the way their family and peers act towards them along with their behaviors. Another example is, Couple days at the park in North Manchester I saw a visually impaired teenager playing on the playground and swinging just like any other child would do while at the park. She was not scared of doing anything, and nothing stopped her from climbing the rock wall, swinging or going down the slide. For me, these examples prove that blind people can really see if they set their mind to it and want to believe that they can they will succeed. It is all about emotions, beliefs, and assumptions. To be successful, the first step is getting outside your comfort

People in their everyday lives use their eye sight to help them function with everything they do. We never usually stop and think about the consequences and changes we would have to make if we were to one day lose our vision. Some people question about how we could lose our sight. There are many different ways this might happen. It could be by accident, with something injuring the eye. It could also be Cataracts, this could effect vision since the lens in the eye becomes foggy and eventually over time vision could be totally impaired. Glaucoma could be another cause, this is when fluids in the eye build up and cause too much pressure in the eye; damaging important nerves. There are many other diseases and illnesses that could cause blindness. Once you go blind there is a very slim chance that you will get your vision back. You will have to deal with the fact that your life will never be the same and you will need to get the help to cope with your life changing loss. Over the years experts have developed ways to make coping with blindness easier for people. Giving tips and providing devices to help them complete tasks and activities in their life just a bit easier. Whether its transportation, communicating or things we do in our everyday lives; specialists will keep finding ways to help the visually impaired and the blind.