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10: Children With Sensory Impairments

Links
Adapted Physical Education for the Blind and Physically Impaired A brief description of ways physical education instruction can be adapted for the blind. It gives state-recommended strategies and proposes additional adaptations.
Art for the Blind A site on behalf of an organization called Art Education for the Blind, Inc., that sponsors programs that speaks about museum programs for the blind and generally treats the subject of how the blind can be provided art instruction.
A Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired An in-depth treatment of how one can go about making print or electronic information accessible to people with visual impairments. The guide speaks about how to produce and arrange large-print, Braille, and audio versions of text documents. It also covers how electronic versions can be used effectively with people with visual impairments.
American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
National Federation of the Blind
Deaf Education Information from the Clerc Center This site is an offshoot of the Gallaudet University site. It has examples of curricula for the deaf, information about deafness (whether in relation to language development or assistive devices or legal information), and a number of links (internal and external) to sites with more information about deafness and education for the deaf.
Deaf Education: A Parents Guide This resource page has links to detailed explanations of tests and evaluations that audiologists and other related service personnel use with the deaf; lists of books on deafness and education for the deaf; and explanations of public laws affecting special education.
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
American Society for Deaf Children
Gallaudet University
National Association of the Deaf
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
Tests and techniques for the assessment of function in deaf-blind persons.
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