'You have to be like everyone else': Support for students with vision impairment in mainstream secondary schools

J Opie, J Deppeler, J Southcott - Support for learning, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The experiences of seven Australian senior secondary school students with vision
impairment attending mainstream schools in Victoria were explored to gain an …

Catering for the specialized needs of students with vision impairment in mainstream classes: Listening to student voices for academic, physical, and social inclusion

M Cain, M Fanshawe - Inclusive theory and practice in special …, 2020 - igi-global.com
Thousands of students with vision impairment or blindness attend mainstream schools in
Australia. Their experiences depend on multiple pertinent factors, including teachers' …

Insights into the support services for students with vision impairment

P Datta, C Palmer - Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2015 - cambridge.org
There is a general need for research in Australia on whether the support services provided
in schools prove useful for students with disabilities (Datta, 2015; O'Rourke & Houghton …

'Come willing to learn': experiences of parents advocating for their children with severe vision impairments in Australian mainstream education

M Cain, M Fanshawe, P Goodwin - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the findings from interviews with thirteen parents of students with severe
vision impairment who attend mainstream schools in Queensland, Australia. Participants …

Forming effective partnerships to facilitate inclusion of students with vision impairments: Perceptions of a regular classroom teacher and an itinerant teacher

U Sharma, D Moore, B Furlonger… - British Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative study reports on the perceptions of a regular classroom teacher and an
itinerant teacher about the challenges they faced in including a student with vision …

Educating students with vision impairment today: Consideration of the expanded core curriculum

J Opie - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A phenomenological study was undertaken giving students with vision impairment the
opportunity to voice their experiences of secondary schooling in mainstream schools …

'A really good teaching strategy': Secondary students with vision impairment voice their experiences of inclusive teacher pedagogy

B Whitburn - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The inclusion of students with vision impairment (VI) into regular classes is typically made
possible via a raft of technical accommodations and special educational support. This article …

Educating learners with vision impairment in inclusive settings

C Palmer - International Congress Series, 2005 - Elsevier
Students with vision impairment who attend their local school can be expected to follow the
regular curriculum taught in that school and to achieve academically with their classmates …

“They think they know what's best for me”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of inclusion and support in high school for vision-impaired …

M Thurston - International Journal of Disability, Development and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The challenges of social inclusion and access to the curriculum facing students with visual
impairment in schools are well documented. The refreshed UK Vision Strategy seeks to …

Seeing sense: the effectiveness of inclusive education for visually impaired students in Further Education.

C Morris - 2014 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
The aim of this study was to explore how visually impaired students' learning journeys in
educational environments vary by individual characteristics and prior experiences, and by …