Education

Transition from school to higher education

This chapter focuses upon the transition from school for young people with vision impairment. The authors make a ...

Promoting Equitable Access to Education for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment: A route-map for a balanced curriculum

This book argues that inclusive educational systems and teaching approaches should focus upon promoting and sustaining a balanced ...

Promoting a balanced early years curriculum for young children with vision impairment: Developing and sustaining personal agency through a bioecocological systems perspective

This article presents the parameters of a conceptual framework to inform the design of intervention approaches that can ...

Impact of Cerebral Visual Impairments on Motor Skills: Implications for Development Coordination Disorders

Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) has become the primary cause of visual impairment and blindness in children in industrialized ...

Perspectives of primary school staff who work with children with additional needs: Insights that may help to improve support for visually impaired children

This study carried out qualitative interviews to understand the views of primary school staff about receiving and using ...

Balancing inclusive design, adjustments and personal agency: progressive mutual accommodations and the experiences of university students with vision impairment in the United Kingdom

The paper proposes a framework of support for reducing barriers to curriculum access for students with disabilities in ...

Experiences of students with visual impairments in higher education: barriers and facilitators

The study explored the factors that facilitate and complicate the higher education process for students with visual impairments ...

Teachers’ and students’ perspectives on the extent to which assistive technologies maximises independence

This study was conducted in an English, special-mainstream partnership further education college. Four students and five teaching staff ...

The impact of assistive technology use for students with disabilities in higher education: a systematic review

This systematic review examines the impact of assistive technology (AT) on educational and psychosocial outcomes for students with ...

Experiences of Visually Impaired and Blind Students in UK Higher Education: An Exploration of Access and Participation

The paper explores the experiences of visually impaired and blind students regarding their access and negotiation of inclusion ...