Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB)

JVIB is very pleased to present the 2024 Special Issue on Evidence-Based Interventions for CVI, with guest editors Amanda Hall Lueck and Corinna Bauer.

The 2024 Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) special issue on cerebral visual impairment (CVI) features commentary on the lived experiences of individuals with CVI and their families. A recurring theme? One-size-fits-all approaches don’t work.

- A parent of a 10-year-old with CVI shared, “What worked for their child won’t necessarily work for mine, as they are all so unique.”
- A college student with CVI explained, “Don’t think every one of us needs to be treated like we are fully blind.”
- Author Nicola McDowell urged, “I ask that professionals walk alongside us as we work out what strategies allow us to thrive.”

Read more in "One Size Does Not Fit All: The Lived Experiences of Children and Adults Who Have CVI," available by subscription in print or online: www.afb.org/jvib.

This 2024 Special Issue on Evidence-Based Interventions for CVI represents a 2-year effort by guest editors Corinna Bauer, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; and Amanda Hall Lueck, San Francisco State University. JVIB is very pleased to share the wealth of knowledge contained it its pages from international experts, as well as the lived experiences of children and adults with CVI and practitioners from around the world who work with this population.

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness- Volume: 118, Number: 6 (November–December 2024)
Special Issue on Evidence-Based Interventions for CVI

Guest Editorial

CVI Interventions: A Call to Action in the United States
Corinna Bauer and Amanda Hall Lueck

Articles

Cerebral Visual Impairment Education: Training and Current Practice Patterns of Optometrists and Ophthalmologists
Melissa L. Rice, Karen Harpster, Jillian Bulman, Veeral Shah, and Terry L. Schwartz

Roles and Responsibilities When Learners Have CVI: Perspectives From Vision Professionals
Mindy Ely, Ashley Strausbaugh, and Amy Yount

Simple but Not Easy: A Case Study of Caregivers and CVI Resources in Early Intervention
Elizabeth S. Hartmann and Kitty G. Edstrand

Training to Improve Instruction and Outcomes for Children With Cortical Visual Impairment
Robert Wall Emerson, Dawn Anderson, and Stephanie Steffer

Research Report

Assessing the Expressive Communication of Young Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment and Additional Disabilities
Deborah Chen, Lissa Marques Wanderley, Daena Nascimento Barros Leal, Márcia Virgínia Santos de Oliveira, Tatiane Maria Lopes de Freitas, Mônica Francisca Miranda dos Santos Dourado, Luciana Rodrigues dos Santos, and Liana O. Ventura

Practice Report

Using Reflective Practice to Collaborate With Caregivers and Their Young Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment
Deborah Chen, Amanda Lueck, Andrea Montaño, and Elizabeth Hartmann

Practice Perspective

Development of a New Assessment for Cerebral or Cortical Visual Impairment: The Perkins CVI Protocol
Mary C. Zatta and Ilse Willems

FEATURES

Comments

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Lived Experiences of Children and Adults Who Have CVI
Nicola McDowell

Strategies to Inform Our Current and Future Understanding of CVI: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Commentary
Barry Kran, Cathy Williams, Marieke Steendam, Veeral Shah, Linda Lawrence, Amanda Hall Lueck, and Corinna Bauer

Read it all here:

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Researchers at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) are working with researchers at Lehigh University to design a new indoor wayfinding app. The new app will help people with a variety of disabilities get around in complex buildings like airports or conference centers.

If you are an adult who is blind or has low vision, we invite you to fill out this online survey to get your thoughts about how this app can be made accessible and useful for blind and low-vision users.
Specific survey topics include:
● The technology you use when you travel
● Any experience you have using indoor wayfinding apps
● Barriers you encounter when navigating large indoor spaces
● Your ideas about how to design a good indoor wayfinding app
● Your thoughts about the new app Lehigh researchers are working on
● Your demographics and employment information
The survey should take about 30-45 minutes to complete. You will have the opportunity to enter a raffle to win one of 20 $50 Amazon gift cards.
We’ll use what we learn from this survey to:
● Help Lehigh University design a wayfinding app that meets the needs of blind and low-vision users
● Share information with other app developers to guide their work

To take the survey, ask questions, or obtain more information please contact Dr. Arielle Silverman, AFB Director of Research, [email protected] or 202-469-6832.

The survey will close on October 15, 2024.

Congratulations to all the award winners, but especially Tina Herzberg for the hard work that qualified her to win the 2024 Corinne Kirchner Research Award. (Image: AFB CEO Eric Bridges, Tina Herzberg, Diane Fazzi, and other AFB trustees and award winners) Not pictured here is JVIB Editor in Chief Robert Wall Emerson, who presented the award to Dr. Herzberg.


https://www.afb.org/about-afb/awards/corinne-kirchner-research-award

After nine years at the helm of AFB’s Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB), Sandra Lewis, Ed.D., Florida State University (retired), has expressed her intention to step away from her duties as the journal’s editor in chief. Robert Wall Emerson, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, the journal’s research editor since 2012, will step into the role in July 2024. Read more here:

AFB Announces Editorial Transition for Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness | American Foundation for the Blind CONTACT: Tony Stephens, Director of Communications 212.502.7627 | [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 16, 2024) — After nine years at the helm of AFB’s Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB), Sandra Lewis, Ed.D., Florida State University (retired), has expressed her intention to s...

The first issue of the year is available on the Sage Publishing website!
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/JVB/current

Editorial

As Wars Rage Across the Globe, How Will People With Visual Impairments Be Affected?
Sandra Lewis

ARTICLES

Orientation & Mobility

Yielding Behavior of Turning Drivers to a Pedestrian With a Cane at Low-Light Signalized Intersections
Eugene A. Bourquin, Robert Wall Emerson, Joy Bieder, Debbie Fiderer, and H. Laurie Yankowitz

Access Technology

Challenges in Acceptance of Smartphone-Based Assistive Technologies: Extending the UTAUT Model for People With Visual Impairments
Paraskevi Theodorou, Kleomenis Tsiligkos, and Apostolos Meliones

Activities of Daily Living

Nutritional Status, Daily Nutrition Intake, and Dietary Patterns of Korean Adults With Low Vision and Blindness
Hyangkyu Lee, Soyoung Choi, and Arum Lim

Exploring the Health Behaviors of Young Adults Who Are Blind in South Korea
Soyoung Choi, Arum Lim, and Hyangkyu Lee

PRACTICE REPORT

Incremental Shuttle Walk Test Procedures for a Person Who Is Blind
Nicky Baker, Michael Taggart, Winifred Taylor, and Susan Jayne Gordon

FEATURES

Comment

The Urgent Call for Inclusivity in the Pakistani Healthcare System for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Umm E. Salma Shabbar Banatwala, Syed Ali Wijdan, and Areesha Mansoor

Statistical Sidebar

K-Means Clustering Explained
Robert Wall Emerson

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