This document provides information about visual impairment and blindness. It defines vision impairment as eyesight that cannot be corrected to a normal level, while blindness is a lack of vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contacts. Common characteristics of vision impairment include difficulty seeing objects from a distance or reading. The document then lists characteristics and accommodations that should be made for visually impaired and blind students, such as always using names, providing materials in alternate formats, and reserving front row seats. Finally, the document profiles several famous historically visually impaired individuals such as Louis Braille, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Galileo Galilei.

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2. JOANNA LEN RIVERAL EULAILA FRANCIS
DESPUES
AUBREY LAMERA

3. MS. NHIKIE DEL
SOCORRO

4. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT BLINDNESS
Vision impairment means
that a person's eyesight
cannot be corrected to a
“normal” level.
Blindness is a lack of vision.
It may also refer to a loss of
vision that cannot be
corrected with glasses or
contact lenses.

5. not be able to see objects at a distance, like on a
whiteboard or blackboard. having trouble
reading (or learning to read) and participating
in class. not be able to focus on objects or
follow them, may squint often and rub their
eyes a lot, have chronic eye redness or
sensitivity to light.
CHARACTERISITCS OF

6. the individual receives no useful information
through the sense of vision and must use tactile
and auditory senses for learning.
CHARACTERISITICS OF

7. VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND STUDENTS
FOR
Always use names.
1.
2. It's okay to use
words that reference
sight.
3. Don't gesture,
always verbalize.
4.Avoid asking if a
student can see
something.
5.Correct seating is
crucial. ...

8. Provide a list of required textbooks and/or syllabi in advance to allow time for
arrangements such as texts on tape, or enlarged print.
Permit lecture notes to be taped and/or provide enlarged copies of lecture notes
where appropriate.
Make available large print copies of classroom materials by enlarging them on
a photocopier.
Convey in spoken words whatever you write on the chalkboard.
Read aloud subtitles when using media resources.

9. Assist the student in finding note takers or readers as necessary.
Reserve front row seats for students who are visually impaired.
Inform students who are blind if you rearrange classroom furniture.
Keep classroom doors fully opened or closed. Do not leave them ajar.
Contact the office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities to assist in
arranging tests in alternate formats; oral, taped, or enlarged print. A
minimum of five working days notice is requested.

10. Louis Braille Franklin Delano Roosevelt
became blind after he
accidentally stabbed
himself in the eye with
his father’s awl. He later
became an inventor and
the designer of braille
writing
(January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852)
was the 32nd President
of the United States of
America. It has been
said that Roosevelt had
several disabilities
including vision
impairment.
(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

11. Galileo Galilei
(February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642)
Galileo Galilei was a
Tuscan (Italian)
astronomer,
mathematician, physicist,
and philosopher being
greatly responsible for the
scientific revolution.
Marla Runyan
(January 4, 1969 – Present)
is a marathon runner who is
legally blind. She is a three-
time national champion in
the women’s 5,000 meters.
Runyan’s career as a world-
class runner began in 1999
at the Pan American Games,
where she won the 1,500-
meter race.

12. FERNANDO KABIGTING
a famous filipino
painter who had been
blinded his left eye and
paralyzed his right hand
after a stroke, he had
learn how to paint using
his left hand.
MICHAEL BARREDO
A successful business
man and a sports lover is
also passionate advocate
for people who are blind.
After a vehicular
accident in 1979, he lost
his vision.

13. ROSELLE AMBUBUYOG Ronnel del Rio
Was Ateneo de Manila
University's first visually
impaired student and
become summa cum laudein
2001. She specializes in
designing technology
products for the blind and
has won awards for
innovation and engineering.
is a broadcast journalist and
was the first blind Filipino to
graduate in a Master's
program in De La Salle,
completing a Master's degree
in Management Technology
in 2003. Striving to be a voice
for the unheard PWDs in the
Philippines.