ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN RELATION TO THE CATEGORY OF LOW VISION AND TYPE OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Cover Image

ORIJENTACIJA I MOBILITET DJECE OŠTEĆENOG VIDA U ODNOSU NA KATEGORIJU SLABOVIDNOSTI I VRSTU OŠTEĆENJA VIDA
ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN RELATION TO THE CATEGORY OF LOW VISION AND TYPE OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

Author(s): Dženana Radžo Alibegović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Orientation and mobility; visually impaired children; low vision;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research was to examine the orientation and mobility of children with visual impairment in relation to the category of low vision and the type of visual impairment. The research included a sample of 35 respondents with visual impairment, aged between 7 and 15 years. The research was conducted in Sarajevo at the Center for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth "Nedţarići". The results of the research showed that in relation to the category of low vision, there were no statistically significant differences between arithmetic means, nor statistically significant correlations between respondents with severe low vision and respondents with moderate low vision. In relation to the type of visual impairment, there were also no statistically significant differences in orientation and mobility between visually impaired children

  • Issue Year: 5/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 30-36
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English