RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Uko, Francesca Uche-Ezekiel
T1 Appropriate mobility training a tool for proper adjustment for persons with visual impairments
JF Journal of Exceptional People
YR 2016
VO 5
IS 1
SP 7
OP 14
UL https://jep.actavia.cz/artkey/jep-201601-0002.php
AB This paper looks into the relevance of mobility training in the adjustment process of persons with visual impairment. It concentrates on a brief history of how mobility started as a profession, discussing the skills that are learnt in the field of mobility training. It lists some electronic aids/devices used in mobility training which are stated based on the technology either low technology or high technology. Low technology aids/devices include: white canes, white walking sticks, guide canes, long canes etc., while the high technology are laser canes, wheel chairs, pathfinder, sensory 6, the sonic pathfinder etc. Finally, the paper concludes that appropriate mobility is a tool for proper adjustment of people with visual impairment regardless of other disabilities, age and onset of impairment in life. Mobility, therefore, is a lifelong learning process.