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Kathleen Appley, Vision Associates, 7512 Dr. Phillips Blvd. 50-150, Orlando, FL 32819. (407) 352-1200.

Susan Batstone, Queen Alexander Center for Children's Health, 2400 Arbutus Road, Victoria, B.C. V8N 1V7 Canada. (604) 595-3741

Diane Bristow and Gail Pickering, Bristow & Pickering, 3336 Wrightwood Dr., Studio City, CA 91604. (213) 848-8297.

August Collenbrander, California Pacific Medical Center, 2232 Webster St., San Francisco, CA 94115.

Deborah Gilden, Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2232 Webster St., San Francisco, CA 94115. (415)561-1665.

Lea Hyvarinen, M.D. Harmaapar-rankuja 3, F1N-02200 ESPOO Finland. FAX 358-04208968.

Jean Prickett American Foundation for the Blind, P.O. Box 12668, Jackson, MS 39236. (601) 364-2313.

Charity Rowland, Washington State Univ. Portland Project, 1818 S.E. Div., Portland, OR 97202. (503) 232-9154.

Barbara Utley, Department of Educ., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 15260. (412)648-1998.

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1 Blackstone, S. (1988). Dual-sensory impairments and AAC. ACNr 1:4, 1-8.

2Hoon, A. (1991). Visual impairments in children with developmental disabilities. In A. Capute & P. Accardo (Eds.), Developmental disabilities in ipfapcy and childhood. Baltimore:Brookes. 395-112.

3 Genesky. S. as quoted in the Report or the national advisory eye council. Vision research-National nlan: 1994-1998. Washington: NIH-National Eye Institute. 305.

4Beukelman, D., Mirenda, P., Franklin, K. & Newman, K. (1992). Persons with visual and dual sensory impairments. In D. Beukelman & P. Mirenda, Augmentative and alternative communication: Management of severe communication disorders in children and adults. Baltimore: Brookes, 291-309.

5Vision research-National: 1994-1998. Washington: NIH-National Eye Institute. 305.

6 Cress, P., Spellman, C, DeBriere, T., Sizemore, A., Northam, J., &. Johnson, J. (1981). Vision screening for persons with severe handicaps. Journal of the association for the severely handicapped. 6(3), 41-50.

7Utley, B.L. (1994) Providing support for sensory, postural and movement needs. In Sternberg, L. (Ed.), Individuals with profound disabilities: Instructional and assistive strategies. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.

8 Sobsey, D. & Wolf-Schein. (1994). Sensory Impairments. In F. Orelove & D. Sobsey (Eds.), Educating children with multiple disabilities: A transd.ispiplinary approach. Baltimore:Brookes. 119-154.

9 Lambert, S., Hoyt, C, Jan, J., Barkovich, J. & Flodmark, O. (1987). Visual recovery from hypoxic cortical blindness during childhood. Archives of ophthalmology. 105:1371-1377.

10 Groenveld, M. Jan, J., & Leader, P. (1990). Observations on the habilitation of children with cortical visual impairment. Journal of visual impairment and blindness, 11-15.

11Jean Prickett. (September, 1994). Personal communication.

12Rowland, C. & Schweigert, P. (1989). Tangible symbols: Symbolic communication for individuals with multisensory impairments. AAC. 5:4, 226-235.

13Rowland, C. (1990). Communication in the classroom for children with dual sensory impairments: Studies of teacher and child behavior. AAC. 6:4, 262-276.

14 Thorley, B., Ward, J., Binepal. T. & Dolan, K. (1991). Communicating with printed words to augment signing: Case study of a severely disabled deaf-blind child. AAC. 7:2, 80-87.

15Hyvarinen, Lea. Effect of impaired vision on general development, (and other publications and materials available from Vision Associates, 7512 Dr. Phillips Bivd 50-150, Orlando, FL 32819 or from Lea Hyvarinen, M.D. Harmaapar-rankuja 3, FIN-02200 ESPOO Finland. FAX 358-0-4208968.)

16Harris, G., Batstone, S., and Har-muth, P. Oh, say, can you see? Paper presented at the ISAAC Biennial Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. August, 1990.

17 Batstone, S. & Harris, G. (1990) Questions regarding the functional vision of people with multiple disabilities with reference to communication needs. Available from Arbutus Society for Children, 2400 Arbutus Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada V8N 1V7

18 Harris, G. Assessing the Functional Vision of People with Severe and Multiple Disabilities. Available from Queen Alexander Center for Children's Health, 2400 Arbutus Rd., Victoria, B.C. Canada

19Bristow, D. & Pickering, G. (In review for publication). Overview of assistive technology. In Deutsch, P.M. & Sawyer, H.W. (Eds.) A guide to rehabilitation (vol. n and Damages in Tort Actions (Vol. 9). Matthew Bender &. Co., Inc.

20Lea Hyvarinen (September, 1994). Personal communication.

21 Consensus Statement: Protocols for Choosing 1ow Vision Devices. Washington: NIDRR. January, 1993. 1:4.

22 Federal Register (August 25, 1994) 52:162.

 

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