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A Study on the Status and Difference between Independent Travel Orientation & Mobility Training, for Students with Low Vision in Schools for the Visually Impaired

박만석 1 시진무 1 Lee Hae-Gyun 1

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze the status of independent travel as well as students’ needs, with regards to Orientation & Mobility Training, hereafter referred to as O & M. This will be analyzed to ensure that facilitators of O & M programs for Students with Low Vision in Schools for the Visually Impaired, will be able to effectively facilitate an O & M program. The conclusion of this study is outlined as follows. Firstly, more than a half of the target population of students with low vision are participating in the O & M training program. However, many of the students are not satisfied with their training. This is due to there being a lack of O & M assessment with regards to their remaining vision. In addition, congenital & acquired low vision students both found streets with a variation in gradient steepness to be the most difficult to navigate independently. Secondly, depending upon the students level of participation within the O & M program student were taught to travel independently when crossing the street as well as walking both indoors and outdoors. This was more likely to be found in those students groups who participated in the O & M training rather than in those not participating in the O & M training.

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