BLINDNESS AND LOW VISION

• What are the instructional implications of the three general classifications of visual impairments that educators use?

• How do blindness and low vision affect learning, motor development, and social interaction?

• Why is it important that teachers know about the types of visual impairments affecting children in their classroom?

• How do the educational goals and instructional methods for children with low vision differ from those for children who are blind?

• How might the educational placement of a student with visual impairments affect her opportunities to learn the expanded core curriculum of nonacademic skills necessary for overall success in life?

Websites

• American Council of the Blind http://www.acb.org/
• American Foundation for the Blind http://www.afb.org/

• Publications
• Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=54&DocumentID=4575
• Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired
http://www.aerbvi.org/
• Blindness Resource Center http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm
• Center for Accessible Technology http://www.cforat.org/
• Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments http://www.cecdvi.org/about.htm
• National Federation for the Blind http://www.nfb.org