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ERIC Number: EJ506635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
Psychosocial Implications of Usher Syndrome, Type I, throughout the Life Cycle.
Miner, I. D.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v89 n3 p287-96 May-Jun 1995
Usher syndrome, Type I, requires multiple adaptations throughout the life cycle because each stage of life has tasks and losses associated with deafness and progressive retinitis pigmentosa. This article examines the issues raised at each stage, using clinical vignettes from persons who have this condition and their families. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Age Differences, Children, Deaf Blind, Developmental Stages, Special Health Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Life Cycles; Retinitis Pigmentosa; Usher Syndrome
Note: Special issue: Deaf-Blindness.