An exploratory study of library website accessibility for visually impaired users

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyunghye Yoon ◽  
Rachel Dols ◽  
Laura Hulscher ◽  
Tara Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Visually Impaired

Making the Web Accessible to the Visually Impaired

2010 ◽  
pp. 265-277
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Textual Description ◽  
Benjamin Constant ◽  
Blind Persons ◽  
A Site ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
Visually Disabled ◽  
The Web

Accessibility is the possibility of any person to make use of all the benefits of society, including the Internet. As the interfaces are typically graphic, sites can be an obstacle for visually impaired persons to access. For a site to be accessible to blind persons it’s necessary the information contained in the visual resources be reproduced by means of an “equivalent” textual description, capable of transmitting the same information as the visual resources. This study is aimed at identifying and defining usability guidance compliant with accessibility W3C directives that can facilitate the interaction between visually impaired and Internet and still guarantee sites with understandable navigation content. Towards this end an exploratory study was conducted, comprised of a field study and interviews with visually disabled people from Instituto Benjamin Constant, reference center in Brazil for the education of visually impaired persons, in order to get to know these users better.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of the Uses of a Multisensory Map—With Visually Impaired Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emeline Brulé ◽  
Gilles Bailly ◽  
Anke Brock ◽  
Annie Gentès ◽  
Christophe Jouffrais
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Visually Impaired Children

scholarly journals Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Jentel Van Havermaet ◽  
Elisabeth De Schauwer ◽  
Geert Van Hove
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Impaired Child ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Relational Work

It is barely taken into account that a visually impaired child might one day become a parent. Research on the insider perspectives of parents on parenting with a visual impairment is scarce. This exploratory study reports on how six mothers and seven fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood. An individual or paired open interview, followed by qualitative content analysis, captured their multi-layered and personal lived experiences on parenting. Analysis of the data collected revealed three themes: the actual practices of daily parenting as an exploration of a personal and unique toolbox for each parent; a parental urge to prove themselves to overcome extra doubts, pressure and othering; and the relational work of parents with their partner and child(ren).

Influence of Coactors on Performance of Visually Impaired Runners

1986 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 889-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vic Ben-Ezra ◽  
Ron French ◽  
James Mastro ◽  
Thomas Montelione
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Evaluation ◽  
Running Performance ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mere Presence

The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine the influence of coactors on the running performance of 13 visually impaired individuals. There was no significant difference for visually impaired sprint runners running alone and with a coactor. The “mere presence” of a coactor was not enough for social facilitation to occur when visual evaluation was not present.

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