Based on a paper presented at the 1977 Western Social Science Association Meeting in Denver, Colorado, the article reports on a study that compared major demographic features of a sample of 70 legally blind adults with the sighted adult sample studied in the 1975 National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey. (Author/DLS)

The case history explains the techniques used to introduce research methodology into a service agency for the visually handicapped. (BD)

An evaluation of an intensive training program for 44 multiply handicapped adults who could not use other rehabilitation programs is described. (Author/BD)

One hundred and six visually handicapped children, who had attended an intensive preschool program stressing cognitive development, were compared with 182 Ss, who had received other less intensive services. (BD)

A program in massage therapy in which visually handicapped students (ages 16-40 years old) are taught the necessary message skills and small business management skills is described. (Author/BD)

Research methodology is discussed in the context of the nature of the knowledge that is needed about visually impaired children. (Author)

Thirty-three suburban elementary classroom teachers were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward their mainstreamed visually handicapped students. (Author)

The paper argues the position that, given different sensory equipment, and therefore a different data base, the congenitally blind child necessarily develops and organizes his perceptions of the world in an intrinsically different way from the sighted. (Author)

The article describes a new educational and social recreation program designed to make blind people aware of the resources and services available to improve the quality of life. (Author/CL)

The authors describe the effects of combining a vision specialist's abilities with those of a physical therapist when working with low functioning visually and physically handicapped preschoolers. (CL)

The handbook presents an overview on environmental adaptations for the visually handicapped. (CL)

A teacher of visually handicapped students at the upper elementary level describes a lesson plan from a creative science program which involves students in a model experiment about plant growth. (CL)

The adaptation of the binaural sensory aid for use by blind children is discussed in the context of a pilot study carried out with two blind children; one an intellectually competent 6-year-old girl and the other a developmentally delayed 2-1/2-year-old boy. (Author)

Measurements of height of cane hand, cane length, step size, and forearm length of 17 cane using blind (14-21 years old) Ss were taken for the purpose of testing the hypothesis that the touch technique does not provide 100 percent path coverage. (Author)