Can a student with low-vision read standard 12pt. font print with classmates?
Yes.
100
What is the definition of visual efficiency?
How well a person can use their sight/see
100
What senses does a person with blindness use to learn about environment?
Touch and Hearing
100
Tactile system for reading and writing is called?
Braille
200
Visual impairment that causes images to appear blurry are _____________ impairments.
Acuity Impairments
200
Tactile system used for reading that is regulated by IDEA '04 is called?
Braille
200
Ability to travel safely from one place to another is called?
Mobility
200
If a person is blind at birth or during pregnancy what is it called?
Congenital blindness
200
Name one of the aids that those who are blind use to move around safely?
Canes, Guide dogs
300
Four elements must be present for people to see; they need light, something reflecting the light, eye processing reflected image into electrical impulses, and what else?
Brain receiving and giving meaning to impulses
300
What are O & M instructors?
Orientation and Mobility Instructors
300
A mental map of your surroundings is called?
orientation
300
When does blindness occur when someone is adventitiously blind?
After the age of 2.
300
Equipment to help those with visual loss access visual information are called?
Visual-Input devices
400
What is the difference between people with low vision and people with blindness?
People with Low vision still use sight and those who have blindness have no functional use for sight.
400
ALL IEP's for children with visual disabilities must address the issue of braille instruction? (True/False)
True.
400
A person's sight at various distances is called?
Visual Acuity
400
Someone who is legally blind receives what from the state?
Special tax benefits and equipment
400
Equipment that enables people to hear what otherwise would be read or seen is called?
Audio Input Device
500
An impairment in vision, even with correction, that adversely affects a child's educational performance is called?
Visual Disability
500
Name one way a teacher can accommodate a child with low-vision?
more time to read passage, enlarged print, personal readers, TVIs.
500
Width of a person's vision is called?
Peripheral Vision
500
What percent of blind people are children?
4%
500
Equipment that allows people to use touch to gain information is called?