From blindness to visual impairment: Terminological typology and the social model of disability

D Bolt* - Disability & Society, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
… internalisation of dominant terms like blindness and the blind; the … handicap and people with
visual disabilities; and the third … not visual impairment but ableist ideology causes disability. …

Does visual impairment lead to additional disability in adults with intellectual disabilities?

HM Evenhuis, L Sjoukes, HM Koot… - … of Intellectual Disability …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
visual impairment leads to additional disability in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). …
on the extra disability because of visual impairment in the population with ID. On the contrary, …

Visual impairment, rehabilitation and international classification of functioning, disability and health

MR Silva, MIRS Nobre, KM Carvalho… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
… visual disabilities that should be incorporated into the professional practice in the health field
in order to guide actions centered on the needs of the individual with low vision or blindness

[PDF][PDF] CAUSES OF DISABILITY, LOW VISION AND BLINDNESS IN OLD AGE.

OO OLCAYSÜ, SA Kivanc, A Altun… - Turkish Journal of …, 2014 - geriatri.dergisi.org
… Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the causes of disability, blindness
40% disability. Materials and Method: The files of the patients who had at least 40 % disability

Prevalence of visual impairment in adults with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands: cross-sectional study

J Van Splunder, JS Stilma, RMD Bernsen… - Eye, 2006 - nature.com
… years and over (visual impairment 1.4%, blindness 0.5%), prevalences of visual impairment
and blindness are higher in all subgroups with intellectual disabilities, including the young …

Visual impairment in adult people with moderate, severe, and profound intellectual disability

M Warburg - Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… ), the most prevalent cause of visual impairment was uncorrected ametropia. Hypermetropia
of … people with intellectual disability have a high prevalence of treatable visual impairment. A …

[PDF][PDF] Teaching students with disabilities: Visual impairment and blindness

BC Colclasure, AC Thoron, SE LaRose - University of Florida, 2016 - researchgate.net
… This section focuses on moderate visual impairments that … of visual impairment varies in
individual students and can range from a slight visual impairment to legal and total blindness. In …

The relationship between symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and visual impairment among adults with intellectual disability

R Kiani, S Bhaumik, F Tyrer, J Bankart… - Autism …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… and blindness in adults with intellectual disability. We hypothesized that blindness can …
factors, that is, severity of intellectual disability and gender. A general population case register (…

Visual Impairment and Blindness in People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review.

M Kroezen, N den Akker… - Optometry & Visual …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: Visual impairment and blindness have a major impact on people with intellectual
disabilities (ID). This review aims to provide an overview of their prevalence and issues …

Visual impairment and disability in older adults

GS Rubin, KB Roche, P Prasada-Rao… - Optometry and vision …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
… by disability glare. The … disability we have undertaken a study with the following specific
objectives: (1) to determine whether self-reported disability is associated with visual impairment