Low vision, multiple disabilities, visual impairment and CVI / BVD

Chinese version:  https://lowvisionandcvi.blogspot.com/2017/11/cvi.html Key points in this article: 1.It is difficult to have a clear and full understanding of the visual ability of children with CVI (cerebral visual impairment/ cortical visual impairment). 2.Visual problems are affected by a list of factors, how could we understand the visual problems of CVI children? If CVI children have multiple disabilities or severe intellectual disability, or severe physical disabilities, their means/modes of expressions might be restricted. As a result, they could not give the appropriate responses. In other words, no response or incorrect responses do not imply that they could not see, have no sensations, have low learning ability, could not think properly, have no memory, or no interest … 3.Imagination and memory are very important, but they need meaningful experiences to build up. 4.During teaching, training, therapies, and services, CVI children should establish relationshi...

Chinese version:  https://lowvisionandcvi.blogspot.com/2019/07/cvi_15.html Keywords: multiple disabilities, children, cerebral visual impairment (CVI), low vision training, training methods to enhance visual functioning and performance, training at home, guidelines for teachers, trainers, parents. (Note: As vision is not only used at school and children use their functional vision more often in daily life, the methods explained in this article are also applicable in the home setting.) The visual problems of cerebral visual impairment in children with multiple disabilities are not easy to be identified and thus often neglected The child seems not interested in the tambourine. If a  child with multiple disabilities (abbreviated as ‘he’) also have intellectual disability or physical and motor disabilities, his visual problems are often easily overlooked by the caregiver.   For example, if a teacher / trainer / parent (hereinafter collectively re...