Educational Interventions for Visually Impaired Students

Educational Interventions for Visually Impaired Students

Introduction

Bishop et al (1996) illustrates the definition of Visual impairment as elaborated by IDEA as an impairment in vision which, even after correction, severely affect educational performance of a child. The term generalizes both blindness and partial sight. Ability to see gives us unlimited access to learning of the surrounding world such as the faces of the people and the expression subtleties, how different things resemble and their sizes and the physical environment we are living including the coming hazards.

A child with a visual impairment calls for immediate attention from the parents, professionals and the community. This is because much…