Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities, Volume 5

Scientific/Research Proceedings from the 32nd Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, held in San Diego, California in March, 2017.  Papers specific to visual impairments include:

• Introducing the University Technology Specialization in Visual Impairments — Kelly, Stacy M.; Tikkun, Sean
• Haptics for Guide Dog Handlers — Park, Bum Jun; Zuerndorfer, Jay; Jackson, Melody M.
• A Longitudinal Study of Reading Growth for Students with Visual Impairments — Boroson, Beth; Barker, Elizabeth; Li, Xueming
• Experience Report of a Blind Gamer to Develop and Improve the Accessible Action RPG ShadowRine for Visually Impaired Gamers — Matsuo, Masaki; Sakajiri, Masatsugu; Onishi, Junji; Ono, Tsukasa; Miura, Takahiro
• Indoor Map Learning for the Visually Impaired — Tang, Hao; Amuneke, Tayo; Lantigua, Juan; Zou, Huang; Seiple, William; Zhu, Zhigang
• Virtual Mapping Party: Co-Creation of Maps for Visually Impaired People — Ichikari, Ryosuke; Kurata, Takeshi
• Description Strategies to Make an Interactive Science Simulation Accessible — Smith, Taliesin L.; Lewis, Clayton; Moore, Emily B.
• Tactile Detection by Blind People of Embossed Lines and Squares with Selected Dot Elevation — Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Martos, Aineias