Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(1)

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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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 15 ever did. This goes to show that when they are positioned as competent and allowed to exercise real self-determination within the classroom and the curriculum, students will rise to the occasion. Henry Giroux (1987) once wrote, "To be literate is not to be free, it is to be present and active in the struggle for reclaiming one's voice, history and future" (p.11). As teachers of the visually impaired, we must insist that our students take up this struggle for self-determination, each and every day, within and beyond the walls of our classrooms. References Agran, M., Snow, K., & Swaner, J. (September 01, 1999). Teacher Perceptions of Self-Determination: Benefits, Characteristics, Strategies. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 34(3), 293-301. 47

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