Disability blindness-Roger Cifuentes

Visually Impaired ED 300 Introduction to Education Professor Lord Roger Cifuentes July 31, 2011

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Normally sighted: visual field of 180 degrees. Legally Blind: visual field of less than 20 degrees. ,[object Object]

Visual Field This picture shows the normal visual field with the line through the middle. The small circle closest to the fish demonstrates the visual field for a legally blind person. The normal visual field would be able to see more of the fish.

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Strategies for teaching Blind Students ,[object Object]

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Instructional Strategies That Work (Explicit Teaching) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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