Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 65.3 Summer 2020

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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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

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