A lot of children in school who have visual impairements can be easily corrected by glasses, but some do have very severe loss of vision should have the tools to be able to perform the same tasks. For some it is harder, people suggest that they should be taught to type for them to write and be allowed a keyboard for any kind of writing. I think this should be a must for these students so that they have an equal opportunity or atleast a better chance to succeed. Teachers should be well aware of these students and should help them by having them closer to the teacher and the blackboard so they can hear better. As an example if a teacher is doing a lesson on fractions, and tries to explain 1/4 then the student should be allowed the pie to reinforce the comprehension of the lesson. For me this is a good way to better comprehend the material but should be given to every child in the room. To conclude vision loss isn't that easy to comfront and for children this can be much harder than people think.
http://www.helium.com/items/778054-teaching-children-with-visual-impairments
http://www.helium.com/items/778054-teaching-children-with-visual-impairments
Interesting point of view, it is true that there are many ways to help people with visual impairments. Like mentioned vision loss isn't something that is easy to live with and more often then not, visual loss is co-morbid with hearing loss also. To come back to the point I wanted to make. It would be interesting to look up the numerous tools that are used for people with visual loss. I am sure there is a technology of some sort other than a white cane or a dog which we see ordinarily that can be helpful to these people.
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There are some equipment and software for computers designed for the visually impaired. One of which are screen readers, this permits blind people to access websites and browse the internet by reading the code/text on the page. However there are some sites that don't follow accessibility rules and they can be sued from visually impaired if they find it a hassle to use the site. If they use this software in classes with students who are visually impaired, I believe that they could easily learn and it wouldn't be to hard on them.
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