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Article: Project Magnify: Increasing Reading Skills in Students with Low Vision
- Article from:
- Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Foundation for the Blind, Inc. Dec 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Students with low vision, including those with multiple disabilities, are entitled to a comprehensive educational program that includes services from professionals in the field of visual impairment. This program should encompass a range of specialists and services that enable the students to complete current and future tasks in school, at home, in the workplace, and in the community. In particular, students with low vision require appropriate assessment, instruction, and adaptations to facilitate visual efficiency.
Although students with low vision represent the largest subgroup of students with visual impairments (Kirchner & Diamant, 1999), their intensive instructional needs have not ...