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April 2006 • Volume 100 • Number 4
Braille
Focus Group Research on the Implications of Adopting the Unified English Braille Code--Robin Wetzel and Marie Knowlton, print edition pages 203-211
Abstract: Five focus groups explored concerns about adopting the Unified English Braille Code. The consensus was that while the proposed changes to the literary braille code would be minor, those to the mathematics braille code would be much more extensive. The participants emphasized that "any code that reduces the number of individuals who can access braille has failed to meet the goal of reading and should not be adopted, regardless of how elegant the code may be."
Low Vision
Adolescents with Low Vision: Perceptions of Driving and Nondriving--Sharon Zell Sacks and L. Penny Rosenblum, print edition pages 212-222
Abstract: Two studies examined how adolescents with low vision perceive their ability to drive. The results of both studies indicated similarities in the participants' responses with respect to knowledge of visual impairment, information about options for driving with low vision, frustrations and obstacles imposed by not being able to drive, and independent travel skills.
Physical Education
Beliefs About Physical Activity Among Children Who Are Visually Impaired and Their Parents--Moira E. Stuart, Lauren Lieberman, and Karen E. Hand, print edition pages 223-234
Abstract: This survey of 25 visually impaired children aged 10-12 and their parents investigated the value the parents placed on their children's physical activity and the barriers to physical activity that the children faced. The results revealed that as vision loss increased, parents' expectations for their children's ability to be physically active decreased, as did the children's views that physical activity is important or useful.
Research Report
Promoting a Message on Vision Loss to Diverse Groups of Adults--Verena R. Cimarolli, Cynthia Stuen, and Carol J. Sussman-Skalka, print edition pages 235-239
Editor's Page, print edition page 195
A Look Back
100 Years of Braille and Communication Media--Stuart H. Wittenstein, print edition pages 197-202
UnUSABLE Data Report
Making Typos at Work Work for You--Corinne Kirchner, print edition pages 241-243
From the Field, print edition pages 243-248
News, print edition pages 248-250
Calendar, print edition pages 250-256
Classified, print edition page 256
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Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
From Theory to Practice
Sharon Z. Sacks and Karen E. Wolffe, Editors
How do children become social beings? When a child is unable to observe visually and imitate how other people react and interact, this complex developmental process can become fragmented, and incomplete. As a result, providing specific information, direct instruction, and opportunities for social interaction to children who are blind or visually impaired is critical to their growth and education. Edited by two groundbreaking educators and researchers, with contributions from other outstanding educators and researchers in this area, Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments: From Theory to Practice explores what theory can tell us about how children who are visually impaired become socially skilled individuals. It then, presents a compendium of techniques and strategies for helping youngsters, from preschoolers through young adults, including those with additional disabilities, develop and refine social skills.
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The AccessWorld 2006 Guide to Assistive Technology Products
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EXTENDED DEADLINE
for the Special JVIB Theme Issue on Macular Degeneration
JVIB has extended the deadline for submissions on this very important subject area. Topics include, but are not limited to pathology, demographics, risk factors; medical and surgical treatments; visual, functional, psychosocial, familial, and societal impact of AMD; personal stories; rehabilitation; service delivery systems and funding issues; outcomes; and future trends and expectations.
Deadline for submissions:
January 31, 2007
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special JVIB Theme Issue: Multiple Disabilities
Guest editor: Bernadette Kappen, Ph.D., director, Overbrook School for the Blind
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2007
Projected publication date: October 2007
The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) invites submissions for a special theme issue, Multiple Disabilities. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Language and communication skills
* Career development and employment
* Social and emotional skills and sex education
* Orientation and mobility
* Leisure and recreation and community skills
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* Special medical concerns and common etiologies
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* Service delivery models and related services
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JVIB Guidelines for Contributors
The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) is the international, interdisciplinary journal of record on blindness and visual impairment that publishes scholarship and information and serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas, airing of controversies, and discussion of issues.
JVIB invites submissions in the following categories
Article: Full-length manuscripts on research, theory, reviews of the literature, or practice-based activities. The topics may have far-reaching and broad impact. Articles are peer reviewed. Length: 2,500-5,000 words.
Research Report: A shorter format for presenting research results. The main difference between articles and Research Reports is length. In addition, Research Reports may have a more focused or narrower impact than articles and may report pilot studies, research in progress, or studies with a small number of subjects. Research Reports are peer reviewed. Length: 1,000-2,500 words.
Practice Report: An opportunity for teachers, rehabilitation specialists, and other practitioners to share information about innovative techniques, strategies, and service delivery. Practice Reports are shorter in length than practice-based articles and may provide more focused information and a less comprehensive discussion of the implications. Practice Reports are peer reviewed. Length: 1,000-2,500 words.
Around the World: A forum for reporting on research or programs that are specific to one culture or part of the world and that may not have broader relevance. Around the Worlds are peer reviewed. Length: 500-2,500 words.
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Authors should send one paper copy and one disk copy (preferably in ASCII or Microsoft Word). Authors are required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement that gives AFB copyright to the paper once it is published. JVIB does not consider manuscripts that are simultaneously submitted elsewhere or previously published elsewhere.
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