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as a parent of two children with visual impairments—one of whom is served as
deafblind—who both receive academic instruction in a general education setting.
As someone who recognizes the importance of access and implementing evidence-
based interventions, I aimed to become familiar with the literature base and
enlisted the help of colleagues who have experience in the field of visual
impairments and deafblindness, as well as in research methodology, to help me
explore the existing body of research in a meaningful way. My intention is to help
others gain a more complete understanding of available interventions as well.
The Present Study
Journals are an avenue by which service providers and policy makers obtain
new information about evidence-based instructional strategies. Accordingly, the
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) fulfills this role for professionals
working in the field of visual impairment. "Practitioners and researchers,
policymakers and administrators, counselors and advocates rely on JVIB for its
delivery of cutting-edge research and the most up-to-date practices in the field of
visual impairment and blindness" (American Foundation for the Blind, 2020). To
better understand the elements of published literature related to serving individuals
with visual impairments and deafblindness, a systematic review of the Journal of
Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) was conducted (Jones et al., 2021).
