Visual disturbances and blindness

racist because I don’t look at people’s skin color or background’. After learning about color blindness, and realizing that I was apart of it, I now know that this is the wrong way to view humans. Color blindness may seem like a good idea, and the intention might be of good intent; it does more than ‘blind’ you from color. I used to look at people and think that I wouldn’t be racist if I ignored, or looked past their color. Color blindness is not progress, it’s separation. Color blindness separates the person being looked at with…

perhaps the most important one. Many of us would be intrigued by the composition of the eye and even more by his interconnection with brain. How the eye actually works, his structure and the function will help us in better understanding how visual light is converted into our perception. The challenge of the image transformation from first encounter of light till the final step in visual cortex is revealing the incredible ability of the eye. Unfortunately, the eye as any other organs is the…

school districts designed manual training classes as a supplement to their general education programs (“History of Special Education Law- Wrightslaw”). Manual training classes began to be added as a supplement to the general education programs by urban school districts. Special classes and schools for children with disabilities, especially deafness, blindness, and mental retardation were seen in the 19th century in America and increased throughout the 20th century. In the 1940’s, programs came…

In 1975 Congress provided a federal law to make sure that schools help educational needs of all children with a disability. This law was called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. In 1990 they changed the name of the law and as of today it is now called The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IDEA is the giver of funds for the state, federal to ensure that special education is available for all children that have disabilities. The reason for the IDEA is to get…

The instructions and activities the teacher creates should be mostly visual and kinesthetic. When teaching directly teach the routines and structures of the classroom.” Provide an outline of what is to be learnt and focus on key concepts”. When possible the teachers should break the work into small achievable steps. During class if possible using other adults and students to help the student can be useful. The child might look up to some of their classmates and enjoy the task they are learning…

neurological, behavioral, endocrine, and visual impairments without predilection for a particular sex, race, or socio-economic status (Kaur et al; Johnson, 2005). The prevalence of ONH in infants with severe vision loss, including blindness, is approximately 15-25 percent…

Multiple Sclerosis is a lifelong disease , more common in the young adult region. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of unknown cause that affects the nervous system . It can affect your vision , strength , coordination , speech , bladder control , sensation , or other faculties concerned with the eyes , brain , or spinal cord . Both men and women are affected in these cases one gender is not only attacked . The severity of problems that occur …

IDEA clearly defined the various categories for disabilities as autism, deaf-blindness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, specific learning disability, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and speech or language impairment (“How IDEA Protects”). It governs how state and public agencies provide special education, and related services if they follow the guidelines stated in the act. “IDEA serves the purpose of providing an education that…

philosophies protecting them derives from the premise that in a democratic country every individual has the right to education and should be given equal opportunities to develop his full potential. In addition, every child should be given equal opportunities within the nature of the educational system. In short, a person, even with disabilities should not be denied opportunities to learn (Inciong, 2003). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) lists 13 separate…

is crucial and it is required to early step in special education process for the wellbeing of the child. Bryanna starts being evaluated in the areas related to her suspected disability, in her case her lower scores where in speech-language. Her evaluation is individualized and focuses on her needs. The results are used for Bryannas benefit to evaluated if she is eligible for special education services. Step Number Three Eligibility is decided. IDEA describes a child with disabilities in…