VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3
Table 1
Demographics of Study Participants
Participant Number Age Sex Ethnicity Vision Status School
1 18 Male Caucasian Totally Blind BVI
2 11 Female Caucasian Legally Blind BVI
3 16 Male Caucasian Legally Blind BVI
4 8 Male Caucasian Legally Blind BVI
5 9 Male Caucasian Low Vision BVI
6 7 Male Caucasian Low Vision BVI
7 7 Male Black or African-American Low Vision BVI
8 11 Male Caucasian Totally Blind BVI
9 14 Female Caucasian Low Vision BVI
10 16 Female Caucasian Low Vision Public
11 18 Male Hispanic or Latino Low Vision Public
12 18 Female Caucasian Low Vision Public
13 15 Male Caucasian Low Vision Public
Note. BVI denotes attended school for the blind and visually impaired.
Descriptive criteria for severity of vision loss were drawn from the
American Optometric Association guidelines (2007, p. 71) and the International
Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, known as the
ICD-9 codes, for blindness and low vision (Chrisendres.com, 2009). The
researchers used the following descriptions of these categories on the case history
forms:
• Partially sighted: some type of visual problem, with a need of person
to receive special education in some cases
• Low vision: a severe visual impairment, not necessarily limited to
distance vision. Low vision applies to all individuals with sight who
