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    This document discusses visual impairment and blindness. It defines different types of visual disabilities including low vision, functional vision, and blindness. It outlines various causes of visual impairment such as genetic factors, eye diseases, and injuries. The document also describes teaching strategies and accommodations for students with visual disabilities, such as using large print, Braille, audiotapes, oral testing, and modern technologies like screen readers. The overall goal is to promote inclusive education and independence for visually impaired students.

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    This document discusses visual impairment and blindness. It defines different types of visual disabilities including low vision, functional vision, and blindness. It outlines various causes of visual impairment such as genetic factors, eye diseases, and injuries. The document also describes teaching strategies and accommodations for students with visual disabilities, such as using large print, Braille, audiotapes, oral testing, and modern technologies like screen readers. The overall goal is to promote inclusive education and independence for visually impaired students.

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    This document discusses visual impairment and blindness. It defines different types of visual disabilities including low vision, functional vision, and blindness. It outlines various causes of visual impairment such as genetic factors, eye diseases, and injuries. The document also describes teaching strategies and accommodations for students with visual disabilities, such as using large print, Braille, audiotapes, oral testing, and modern technologies like screen readers. The overall goal is to promote inclusive education and independence for visually impaired students.

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    VISUAL

    IMPAIRMENT &
    BLINDNESS
    BEED 2
    Constructivism
    Group 1
    1.Apiado
    2.Canillo
    3.Villavez
    OBJECTIVES:

    Causes and Factors


    VISUAL IMPAIRMENT & of the Disability
    BLINDNESS
    Teaching Strategies
    Identify the nature and Accommodations
    and characteristics
    of the Disability
    Understanding Visual
    Impairment
    Understanding concepts Visual handicap:
    of visual impairment refers to consequences of visual
    loss, such as the loss of
    independence or the inability to
    work.
    Visual Impairment:
    refers to the functional
    loss that results from
    visual disorder.
    Visual Disability:
    describes level of
    performance of a person
    based on functional vision.
    Anatomy of the eye
    NATURE AND Categories of
    CHARACTERISTICS visual impairments:
    OF THE DISABILITY
    ● Low Vision

    ● Functional Vision

    ● Blindness
    Low Vision However, they may
    “Low Vison is need to have print
    not no vision” magnified,
    contrast enhanced,
    Generally, or type font or
    students with low size changed
    vision are able to (Turnbull et al.,
    learn using their 2002).
    visual sense.
    Functional People with
    Functional
    Vision vision
    typically use
    a combination
    of modalities
    to function
    within their
    surroundings.
    Blindness
    Students with
    They depend
    total blindness
    receive no entirely on
    stimuli from input from
    their visual other
    channel. senses.
    Visual Peripheral Visual
    Field Loss
    Disturbances
    Produced by Loss
    of Vision.
    Central Visual Field
    Loss
    Overall blur
    CAUSES AND Types of visual
    FACTORS OF impairments:
    VISUAL
    IMPAIRMENT & Hyperophia
    BLINDNESS (far sightedness)
    Myopia(near sightedness) Color Blindness

    Astigmatism

    Retinophaty of Prematurity
    Macular D Generation Diabetic Retinopathy

    Glaucoma Cataract
    Crossed eye
    Amblyopia

    Coloboma
    Let’s wrap it up!
    CAUSES OF Inherited from parents
    During pregnancy
    VISUAL Eye infections and
    diseases
    IMPAIRMENT Reading, writing, and
    working in defective
    and improper lights.
    TEACHING
    STRATEGIES AND
    ACCOMMODATIONS
    FOR VISUAL
    IMPAIRMENT AND GOAL:
    BLINDNESS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND
    MEETING THE NEEDS OF
    STUDENTS WITH VISUAL
    IMPAIRMENT AND BLINDNESS.
    Large Print
    Braille
    Audiotape
    Oral testing/scribing
    Support sensorial learning
    Help pupils understand the
    daily living needs
    Making classroom accommodations
    Integrating modern technologies
    Screen reading and talking browsers.

    Braille keyboard and printer.


    Using of modern technologies
    Screen magnifiers.
    The general goal for
    learners with visual
    impairments is to
    allow them to
    experience
    Roselle Rodriguez
    surroundings, make
    Ambubuyog
    friends with their
    peers and become as The first visually
    independent as impaired Filipina to
    possible. become summa cum laude at
    Ateneo de Manila
    University (ADMU) in 2001.
    “Alone we can do so little;
    together we can do so much.
    -Helen Keller
    References:
    Chaurasia, P. (2014). Visual Impairment .Retrieved from
    https://www.slideshare.net/PriyankaChaurasia3/visual-impairment-
    42862795?next_slideshow=1.
    Garcia, M. (2015). Visual Impairment Information and Teaching Strategies.
    Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/MauroGarcia32/visual-
    impairment-information-and-teaching-strategies.
    Huerto, J. (2013). Understanding Visual Impairment. Retrieved from
    https://www.slideshare.net/jomags01/understanding-visual-
    impairment-27373150.
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