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Compensation aids for people with visual disability and the specifics of their availability
BRTNÍKOVÁ, Veronika
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is Compensative aids for people with visual disability and and the specifics of their availability. The aim of this research is to determine clients approach of companies distributing compensative assistive devices in Czech Republic on the basis of qualitative study and also any other company offers except of this device purchase. According to the goals above the two questions of the research were stated: 1) Do compensative assistive devices purchasing companies render any services? 2) What is the companies client approach? The study is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. Theoretical one includes four main basic units. The first unit applies to classification of visual impairments and person with visual impairments using compensative assistive devices because of disease. The second unit is devoted to amends as it is and senses partly replacing sense of vision. In the third unit compensative assistive devices are classified and described. In the last unit the study is focused on service scheme and system of companies rendering services to person with visual impairments in Czech Republic. In the practical part the characteristics of the aim, methods of research, methods of data gathering are given. To reach the aim of the practical part the qualitative analysis was used. The method of data gathering were open debates and websites. The undertook study showed that companies distributing compensative assistive devices apply to the best advertising companies not only appropriate organizations but also person with visual impairments to know a thing about them. This companies do their best and try to afford the highest quality service to their clients. Fair enough this companies want clients to be satisfied and recommend them further. Due to it companies may rise.
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Visual Stimulation for Children with Severe Multiple Disabilities in Special Elementary School
HATWIKOVÁ, Lukania
The thesis examines visual stimulation for children with severe multiple disabilities in special elementary school. The aim of the thesis is to design, based on qualitative research, a re-education process of visual stimulation for children with severe multiple disabilities and its subsequent evaluation. In accord with the aims outlined above, two partial goals were formulated. The first goal was to determine the areas of visual perception in which the student struggles. The second goal was to assess the progress after visual stimulation. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part consists of three chapters. The first chapter defines terminology, the second one is devoted to education of pupils with multiple disabilities, and the third chapter describes visual stimulation, its rules, principles, and kinds. The empirical part characterizes the goals of the thesis, the methodology of research, and the technique used for gathering data. The qualitative method was used for the purposes of the empirical part. Data were gathered using observation, interview and document analysis. The re-education process was applied to respondents in order to support the impaired visual functions. The outcomes outlined in the empirical part will be applicable in the field of education of pupils with severe combined impairment. With some formal adjustments, these outcomes may serve as a starting point for preparing an insctructional and informational materiál for parents of children with severe multiple disabilities. The research discovered that no general conclusions can be drawn for work with children with this kind of impairment. Regular practice improves visual functions, but the current state of the child matters a lot. If the child is in bad mental or physical state, there might be regression.
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Integration and special education of visually impaired
Kaiserová, Anna ; Chittussiová, Lenka (advisor) ; Cintlová, Jitka (referee)
Title: Integration and special education of visually impaired Purpose: The main objective of this work is to characterize the integration and special education of visually impaired people, to describe in detail a case study of one chosen client, who experienced the integration as well as the special education. Methods: The only participant in this study was a twenty-two years old man, who experienced in his educational process the integration as well as the special education. It is the qualitative study and the questions were answered by him and his close family members. Results: At the end of this study we deal with some questions, which we found interesting during the research. These questions are commented by the author in a discussion. Key words: eyesight, visual impairment, integration, inclusion, special education, compensatory aids, teaching assistant
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Strategies dealing with difficult situations by people with the severe visual handicap
Kašparová, Veronika ; Vágnerová, Marie (advisor) ; Janošová, Pavlína (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is focused on coping strategies of stressful situations in the lives of people with profound visual impairment. The theoretical part of this work describes visual impairment and deals with psychical development of a visually disabled child, functions of compensatory mechanisms and socialisation of a visually impaired person. Furthermore it focuses on how visual impairment is experienced by a child and his family and by an adult person. The empirical part describes the process and results of my qualitative research. The aim is to find out the types of stressful situations in the lives of visually impaired people and their coping strategies. This part also figures out how the visual impairment is connected with stress and whether the impairment is the main stress factor in the life of visually disabled people.
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Life meaningfulness and acceptance of disability among people with visual impairment.
Cerha, Ondřej ; Loneková, Katarína (advisor) ; Šturma, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with meaningfulness of life and acceptance of an affliction by people with visual disability. The work has been divided into two parts. In the review section, the author deals with a psychological approach to meaningfulness of life, with an issue of acceptance of visual impairment, and with specifics of meaningfulness of life over the course of a lifetime. The aim of the empirical part has been to test hypotheses regarding relationship between the meaningfulness of life and the acceptance of vision impairment. Key concepts have been operationalized by scores according to both inventories; the Meaningfulness of Life Scale (MLC) (Halama, 2002, 2009), and the Acceptance of Disability Scale - Revised (ADS-R) (Linkowski, Groomes, 2007). Data obtained from a sample of persons with visual disability (N = 84) has been used to test the hypotheses. For the first time a Czech translation of the ADS-R inventory has been put to practice and the author suggests a further use of the inventory titled Škála akceptace disability. In the empirical part of the study, the author also deals with possibilities of online administration of psychological test methods for people with a visual disability. These possibilities have been verified and confirmed in practice by the author. Of all the monitored...
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Public Library Services for Visually Impaired: An Analysis
Hrychová, Tereza ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of public library services for visually impaired users. Firstly, the thesis provides a theoretical introduction to the topic. It describes several projects related to the topic, activities of chosen non-profit organizations and fundamental legislation. Secondly, the thesis focuses on provision of library services for visually impaired in public libraries in the Czech Republic and abroad. The practical part of the thesis consists of an analysis of four Czech public libraries and of a qualitative research. Finally, the findings are summarized into several recommendations which could help libraries successfully offer services for visually impaired users.
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