BackgroundChildren with visual impairment and additional disabilities (VIAD) have difficulty accessing the visual information related to their parents’ facial expressions and gestures.
Sini Peltokorpi +6 more
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Characteristics of interaction between parents and children with visual impairment at preschool age [PDF]
Parenting is a dynamic process infuenced by the behavior of both children and parents. Behavior of children with visual impairment is characterized by the absence of language which involves smiling and looking, calming down when focusing on voice ...
Martać Valentina I. +3 more
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Calendar systems and communication of deaf-blind children [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to explain the calendar systems and their role in teaching deaf-blind children. Deaf-blind persons belong to a group of multiple disabled persons. This disability should not be observed as a simple composite of visual and hearing
Jablan Branka, Stanimirov Ksenija
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Cortical visual impairment: Characteristics and treatment [PDF]
According to the latest studies, Cortical visual impairment – CVI is one of the most common causes of problems and difficulties in visual functioning. It results from the impairment of the central part of visual system, i.e.
Vučinić Vesna +3 more
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BackgroundEarly detection of childhood developmental delays is very important for the treatment of disabilities. ObjectiveTo investigate the possibility of detecting childhood developmental delays leading to disabilities before clinical ...
Jeong, Seung-Hyun +3 more
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Supporting a Tsonga learner living with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare complex disability
Background: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare, systemic, hereditary disorder characterised by obesity, polydactyly, visual and auditory impairment, and cognitive disability.
Mfungana M. Shikwambana, Jean V. Fourie
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An adult learning perspective on disability and microfinance: The case of Katureebe
Background: Despite Uganda’s progress in promoting affirmative action for persons with disabilities and its strategy of using microfinance to fight poverty, access to microfinance services by persons with disabilities is still problematic due to barriers,
Ephraim L. Nuwagaba, Peter N. Rule
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‘Super disabilities’ vs ‘Disabilities’?:Theorizing the role of ableism in (mis)representational mythology of disability in the marketplace [PDF]
People with disabilities (PWD) constitute one of the largest minority groups with one in five people worldwide having a disability. While recognition and inclusion of this group in the marketplace has seen improvement, the effects of (mis)representation ...
Addelson Kathryn Pyne. +19 more
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Assessment tools for evaluating neuropsychomotor development in children with visual impairment: an integrative review [PDF]
This study, an integrative literature review, aims to find tools used in Brazil to evaluate the neuropsychomotor development of children with visual impairment.
Aline de Oliveira Brandão +5 more
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Causes of Phenotypic Variability and Disabilities after Prenatal Viral Infections
Prenatal viral infection can lead to a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disabilities or fetal demise. These can include microencephaly, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, refractory epilepsy, deafness, retinal defects, and cortical-visual
Youssef A. Kousa, Reafa A. Hossain
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