Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision Research and

This book presents an emerging rehabilitation program for improving the reading abilities of individuals with low vision who undergo therapy for visual impairment. Its interdisciplinary framework for visual training through reading skills development alig

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ding Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision Research and Practice in the Czech Republic

Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision

Kamila Růžičková

Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision Research and Practice in the Czech Republic

Kamila Růžičková Dept. Special Education and Speech Therapy University of Hradec Králové Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Advisors Prof. PhDr. PaedDr. Miloň Potměšil, Ph.D. Doc. Lea Květoňová, Ph.D. Doc. PaedDr. Jana Lopúchová, Ph.D. Translation Mgr. et Mgr. Vlasta Lišková Czech Republic National Library cataloguing in Publication Data 617.751 * 316.344.6-056.262 * 617.75-08 * 615.8 376.1-056.262 * 159.262 - Low Vision - Special Education - Functional visual capacity - Vision Rehabilitation - Reading performance 617 – Orthopaedics. Surgery. Ophthalmology [14] 364-1/-7 – Social Care and Services

ISBN 978-3-319-43652-4 ISBN 978-3-319-43653-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43653-1

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Foreword

The development of vision rehabilitation, including reading skills, is a constant subject of interest to specialists, and the author of this publication has been dealing with the issue for many years. The content of the book is the result of a well-prepared concept. Due to the fact that the book is intended for professionals, the author considers the factor of development and discusses the dynamics of individual segments of the concept. The book includes chapters on visual perception and its defects, psychosocial aspects of visual impairment in the context of the age of their bearers and the status of the issue at the national level. Most importantly, the book con