References and Links

LINKS

The American Printing House for the Blind	http://sun1.aph.org/
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)	http://www.cnib.ca
Moray House Publication	http://www.libdex.com/data/9/4725.html
Vision Australia	http://www.visionaustralia.org.au
Vision 2020	http://www.v2020.org
World Health Organisation (WHO)	http://www.who.int/

 

REFERENCES

The Low Vision Kit contains information, E charts, pinhole mask and suggestion of how to test vision and learn more about low vision. It covers assessment of Low Vision in Developing Countries.

Kits can be obtained by contacting:

The Centre for Eye Research Australia
email: lowvisiononline-info@unimelb.edu.au
32 Gisborne Street
East Melbourne 3002
Victoria, Australia

The cost of the kits including delivery:

International delivery: AU$40 / US$30
Delivery within Australia: AU$35

Diagnostic Assessment Procedure
Program to Develop Efficiency in Visual Functioning
This comprehensive kit by Natalie Barraga includes testing procedures with equipment, lessons for visual training and reference material on low vision. Available from The American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Look and Think Program
The books and kit of materials to assess low vision were compiled by Tobin, Tooze, Chapman and Moss. The books are available without the kit from the Research Centre for the Education of the Visually Handicapped, University of Birmingham, School of Education, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England.

Towards Excellence, Effective Education for Students with Vision Impairments
Kelley P & Gale G (ed), Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, North Rocks Press, Australia, 1998, pp 295-311 & pp 295-311

Vision for Doing
Assessing Functional Vision of Learners who are Multiply Disabled.
A book written by Aitken and Buultjens for people who are not specialists in visual impairment. It explains how to carry out a functional assessment of vision and includes ideas for teaching. Available from Moray House Publications, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, Scotland