Research

Forty Years of Literacy Research in Blindness and Visual Impairment

This article outlines concerns about the quality of research currently being done in the field of literacy research in blindness and visual impairment

Forty Years of Literacy Research in Blindness and Visual Impairment (2006)
By Kay Alicyn Ferrell, et al; NCLID (National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities)

This report concludes that “the field of visual impairment espouses techniques, procedures, curricula, and service delivery options without evidence, or based on the lowest level of evidence, over and over again. The field needs to challenge its assumptions, examine its procedures, and pursue alternative explanations for every study.”