Orientation and Mobility Problems of Adults with Visual Impairment and Suggestions for Solutions
This research aims to identify the main problems experienced by adults with visual impairments regarding the use and accessibility of orientation and mobility skills and offer solutions for these problems. For this purpose, the knowledge of individuals with visual impairment on orientation and m...
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Anı Publishing
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/1112b96c07a647be8c816f755067d3ed |
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| Sumario: | This research aims to identify the main problems experienced by
adults with visual impairments regarding the use and accessibility of
orientation and mobility skills and offer solutions for these problems. For this
purpose, the knowledge of individuals with visual impairment on orientation
and mobility skills and the problems they experience while using these skills
and using public transport were discussed. Additionally, the skills they most
need and want to learn, and the environment, people, and teaching style
they want when being taught these skills were examined in detail according
to the participants’ opinions. In the study, phenomenology design, one of
the qualitative research methods, was used. 17 adults participated in the
research, which would provide the most diversity for demographic
information such as age, gender, and educational status. The research data
were collected with the interview form tool consisting of semi-structured
questions. The interviews were deciphered and transferred to the MAXQDA
program, which is a computer-aided qualitative data analysis program for
analysis. The descriptive analysis method was used in the analysis of the
obtained data. As a result of the study, it was found that the level of
education in orientation and mobility is quite low and they need to be
trained. They suffer accidents due to lack of education,
architectural/environmental precautions, inadequacy of measures taken for
transportation, lack of assistive technology, attitude of people and lack of
training of sighted guides. O&M programs can be developed for adults that
include various indoor and outdoor routes and using transport. |
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