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Looking for a Mentor for my Intel Project

Posted by mijaved on 4/16/2008 10:35:45 PM.

Hello. My name is Muhammad Javed. I am a visually impaired New York City high school student. I am currently working on a project for the Social Science Intel Science Talent Search (ISTS) competition. This is a prestigious national competition in which high school juniors are to work on a preject, write a Master-level paper and submit it for a chance to win awards, scholarships and recognition.
In my project I am examining how vision (categorized as perfect vision, low vision and no vision) impacts an individual's self-concept. I'd very much appreciate if someone, who has a backgroudn in research in the fiedl of visual impairment and blindness, may contact me if they are willing to help me as a mentor. My e-mail is itlalj@aol.com. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

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  • 1 . Re: Looking for a Mentor for my Intel Project
    Posted by rebeccab on 04/28/2008

    Hi, Muhammad. You definitely came to the right place for your research on self-concept and degree of visual impairment. This is a topic we publish on quite frequently in JVIB. I edit the journal, I am not a researcher, so I can't help you myself, but you should take a look at the many articles on self-concept and see if you find any information that is helpful to you. (You'll only be able to see the abstracts and titles without a username and password). Go here to see the lineup of the issues: http://www.afb.org/jvib/JVIB_Main.asp
    Go here to search the journal with the term "self-concept":
    http://www.afb.org/jvib/JVIB_search.asp

    In the meantime, you could also try CareerConnect on this web site to find a mentor. Go here:
    http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7

  • 2 . Re: Looking for a Mentor for my Intel Project
    Posted by DR.PARVANEHZANDI on 05/28/2008

    THANKS ALOT

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