Abstract Background Individuals with visual impairment face varied challenges when attending education programs in many fields and levels. In computing education programs, ...

This work aims to know the importance of essential stimulation for visually impaired children and to describe how significant is early intervention when the deficiency is detected. The former problematic in the present ...

In this work we describe a tactile planetarium made with the goal of teaching astronomy to visually impaired people, but which is accessible to all. The planetarium consists of two hemispheres representing both the northern ...

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnitude and determinants of bilateral blindness and visual impairment (VI) in the southwest region of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional study ...

The learning process in training children with visual impairments and low vision requires the use of new devices that integrate image recognition and feedback on stimulation sequences with the senses of tactile and auditory ...

Abstract Introduction The aim of the present study was to evaluate color perception thresholds and relate them to the degree of motor impairment in children with spastic ...

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) definitions of blindness and visual impairment are widely based on best-corrected visual acuity excluding uncorrected refractive errors (URE) as a visual impairment cause. ...

Aiming to overcome various barriers faced by disabled people, new standards and laws were created in recent years. Therefore, the concepts of accessibility and inclusion have been more present currently. One of the main ...