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Visual functions and disability in diabetic retinopathy patients

open access: yesJournal of Optometry, 2014
Purpose: This study was undertaken to find correlations between visual functions and visual disabilities in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 38 visually impaired diabetic retinopathy subjects at ...
Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Raju Kaiti
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Reasonable Accommodations on the Bar Exam: Leveling the Playing Field or Providing an Unfair Advantage? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
If you ask law students what they think about examination accommodations provided to students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, most students will tell you that it is unfair that some students get more time to take an examination.
Foster, Amanda M.
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Higher education provision for students with disabilities in Cyprus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Internationally, the number of students with disabilities entering higher education institutions is on the rise. Research estimates that 8–10% of students attending higher education are registered with disability, with learning difficulties being the ...
Hadjikakou, Kika, Hartas, Dimitra
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Factors Associated with Disability in Rural Bangladesh: Bangladesh Population-Based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundTo assess factors associated with disability in a rural district of Bangladesh.MethodsUsing a population-based systematic sampling technique, data were collected from 3104 adults aged ≥ 30 years from the Banshgram union of Narail district. Data
Fakir M Amirul Islam   +4 more
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Tracking-Based Interactive Assessment of Saccades, Pursuits, Visual Field, and Contrast Sensitivity in Children With Brain Injury

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Visual deficits in children that result from brain injury, including cerebral/cortical visual impairment (CVI), are difficult to assess through conventional methods due to their frequent co-occurrence with cognitive and communicative disabilities.
Scott W. J. Mooney   +6 more
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Development of Preverbal Communication Skills Scale for Children with Multiple Disabilities and Visual Impairment

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences, 2016
Communication is crucial for any human being and the children with disabilities are no exception. Due to the number and combination of their disabilities and/or conditions, children with multiple disabilities and visual impairment (MDVI) have especially limitations of the ability to communicate the meaningful and functional way with their environment ...
Ayyıldız, Emine   +2 more
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Disability-aware adaptive and personalised learning for students with multiple disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address how virtual learning environments (VLEs) can be designed to include the needs of learners with multiple disabilities.
Brayshaw, Mike, Nganji, Julius T.
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Theorising disability: a practical and representative ontology of learning disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article contributes to the ongoing development of the theorisation of learning disability, focusing on the value of the ontological turn. We argue that while social theory has influenced understandings of disability within academia, particularly ...
Cluley, V., Fyson, R., Pilnick, A.
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Tele-rehabilitation for persons with vision impairment during COVID-19: Experiences and lessons learned

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed challenges to access rehabilitation intervention to individuals with visual impairment, thereby increasing their disability effects.
Beula Christy   +5 more
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Associations between sleep patterns and depressive symptoms across disability types in Chinese middle-aged and older adults

open access: yesArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
Background: Depression prevalence among elderly individuals with disabilities significantly exceeds that in the general population; however, sleep-depression associations across disability types remain poorly understood.
JING LI, PHD
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