Visual disturbances and blindness

also important to note that the success of the assistive technology is not in the selection of the technology, but rather in correctly matching the technology with the user. For example, an FM amplifier would not be helpful to a student who has a visual impairment. There are also cost factors to consider as assistive technology does not have to be high tech and at times, low tech alternatives are more cost effective and more suited to achieve the desired outcomes. Low tech alternatives also…

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION - “SINGLE TEACHER- SINGLE CLASSROOM- UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS” *Manikandan. R & **Dr. C. Manoharan Department of Education, Bharathiar University Abstract Today, teaching- learning activities are consistently advancing but the existence of discrimination among children is inevitable. Classrooms, schools and as well as the society are seriously influenced due to this. It is time for us to change the prevailing school education system and find an alternative to it. To bring…

Word blindness. Those were the words that the condition that we now know as dyslexia was first called when Dr. W. Pringle published a report in the British Medical Journal in 1896 in which he wrote about a 14-year-old male that was of high intelligence but lacked the ability to read (Dyslexia, 2016). Dyslexia is typically defined as a learning disorder that is characterized by difficulty reading caused by problems identifying speech sounds and learning how those speech sounds relate to letters…

Introduction This paper will discuss the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), how it applies to special education, the group it applies to and how it affects the classroom. Secondly, it will define inclusion. Then, it will discuss the importance and impact, and the benefits and difficulties of inclusion on special education, as well as how it affects the classroom. Lastly, this paper will discuss the affect of stress on the families of children with disabilities, and provide…

Endocrine Metabolism Age specific variations of growth and development. Within this age group there are congenital and acquired conditions that cause alterations in growth patterns. First, from Nursing Care of Infants and children, states that growth patterns can be altered due to a disease called Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). (Hockenberry, Wilson, 2015,p.1029) In this disease it causes the kidneys to “no longer maintain the normal chemical structure of body fluids (Hockenberry, Wilson, 2015, p…

An Anthropologist from Mars - Review British neurologist’s Oliver Sack’s first publishes Temple Grandin’s case study in The New Yorker magazine (Sacks, 1993), and then includes in his book ‘An Anthropologist in Mars’ (Sacks, 1995). This case study offers the reader an empathetic yet compassionate insight into day to day challenges experienced with living with autism from the perspective of World renowned Autism advocate and American Professor of Animal Science, Temple Grandin PH.D. Grandin…

glaucoma is a chemical group of eye disease that can wind to sightlessness by damaging the optic nerve. Here is some story behind glaucoma. Glaucoma has been known in medicine since antiquity. According to nbci Hippocrates described “glaykoseis” as blindness which occur in the elderly . the first person to discover glaucoma and the connection between increased tension of the eyeball was the english eye doctor ophthalmologist. Glaucoma can get worse overtime Most people get glaucoma because…

known as the myelin sheath, in the brain and along the spinal cord. This can cause a disruption in the communication between the brain and the rest of the body. ("Multiple Sclerosis Information Page.") This can lead to generalized pain, visual disturbances/blindness, and loss of motor abilities. This disease can affect a very wide range of ages. “The onset of MS typically occurs between the ages of 15 and 50, with the peak…

INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In the early 80s, members of Lions International District 411 wished to develop a centre in Nairobi which would serve as a base for their service activities and also as an administrative office for the District. After getting an allocation of suitable land from the Kenyan Government in 1992, a project committee was formed to formulate the administrative and legal processes necessary for the formation of the Lions Service Centre Management Board, Lions Clubs…

methyl isocyanate (MIC), which killed over 3,000 people starts out with just being methylamine which is a type of gas. That methylamine reacts with phosgene, a poisonous substance that if consumed within the body may cause structural or functional disturbances, to produce MIC or C2H3NO. The MIC then reacts with 1-naphthol, a fluorescent and organic compound, which then forms the insecticide carbaryl being the primary ingredient in the pesticide Seven. Seven is used to dispose of bugs like tics,…