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August 2006 • Volume 100 • Number 8
Braille
Literacy and Controversy: Focus-Group Data from Canada on Proposed Changes to the Braille Code--Elaine Gerber and Brooke C. Smith, print edition pages 459-470
Abstract: Focus-group research conducted on Unified English Braille highlights the diversity of views about the desirability of the new code and its proposed changes. Many features seen by students as positive were the same features deemed undesirable by other students. In general, teachers were more amenable to the changes than were students. Nearly all participants expressed serious concern about the effect of the new code on current students and on adult braille readers. Issues were raised about the feasibility of instituting the new code as well, and about how closely braille needs to be wedded to print. With many constituents opposed to altering the braille code, this research explores questions associated with the controversy over instituting the proposed changes.
Practice Report
The Use of Tactile Modeling and Physical Guidance as Instructional Strategies in Physical Activity for Children Who Are Blind--Megan O'Connell, Lauren J. Lieberman, and Susan Petersen, print edition pages 471-477
Research Reports
Enhancing Digital Access to Learning Materials for Canadians with Perceptual Disabilities: A Pilot Study--Christina Lockerby, Rachel Breau, and Biljana Zuvela, print edition pages 477-482
Evaluation in the Older Blind Independent Living Program: Advantages of a Structural Equation Modeling Approach--J. Martin Giesen and Brenda S. Cavenaugh, print edition pages 482-487
A Microswitch-based Program to Enable Students with Multiple Disabilities to Choose Among Environmental Stimuli--Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O'Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh, Jeff Sigafoos, Robert Didden, Doretta Oliva, and Laura Severini, print edition pages 488-493
NEWS AND FEATURES
Editor's Page, print edition page 451
A Look Back
100 Years of Trends and Issues in Employment, Rehabilitation, and Legislation--J. Elton Moore, print edition pages 453-458
Book Review
Mathematics Made Easy for Children with Visual Impairment--Reviewed by Susan A. Osterhaus, print edition pages 495-496
From the Field, print edition pages 497-501
News, print edition pages 501-504
Calendar, print edition pages 504-512
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Celebrating 100 Years ... and Beyond!
In its centennial volume year, the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness remains the primary journal of record for the field of visual impairment and is a critical forum for the discussion of significant research, practice, and trends.
The journal seeks to provide readers with essential information to support and inform their professional thinking and practice. In addition to articles and reports on all aspects of the work of the field, from educational practice to low vision service delivery to rehabilitation issues, JVIB welcomes submissions on the following topics of great current concern:
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Special JVIB Theme Issue: Multiple Disabilities
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Special JVIB Theme Issue Macular Degeneration: The New Epidemic
Guest editors: Lylas Mogk, M.D., medical director, Visual Rehabilitation and Research Center, Henry Ford Health System. Gale Watson, M.Ed., blind rehabilitation specialist, Blind Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and certified low vision therapist, Rehabilitation Research and Development Center on Aging Veterans with Vision Loss, Atlanta VA Medical Center.
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2008
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The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) invites submissions for a special theme issue on macular degeneration. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Pathology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), demographics, and risk factors
* Current medical and surgical treatments and those on the horizon
* The impact of AMD on visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and central visual field
* The functional impact of AMD: literacy, activities of daily living, community participation, and mobility and transportation
* The impact on function of co-morbidities common to aging
* The psychosocial impact of AMD
* Charles Bonnet Syndrome: prevalence, theories, and experience
* The impact of AMD on family and community interactions
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* The impact of AMD on society
* Rehabilitation of individuals with AMD: visual skills, activities of daily living, environmental adaptations, and counseling
* Service delivery systems and funding issues
* Outcome studies for rehabilitation services
* Future trends and expectations
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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.
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