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The opinions of people with sight loss on visual impairment research
— study three | | Author(s) | Paul Duckett, Rebekah Pratt, Rosemary Porteous |
| Corporate Author | Thomas Pocklington Trust; Manchester Metropolitan University; University of Edinburgh |
| Publisher | Thomas Pocklington Trust, 2010 |
| Pages | 11 pp (Research findings, no 29) |
| Source | Thomas Pocklington Trust, Pier House, 90 Strand on the Green, London W4 3NN. www.pocklington-trust.org.uk |
| Keywords | Blindness ; Attitude ; Visual impairment ; Research ; Qualitative Studies ; Edinburgh. |
| Annotation | In 1999 and 2000, Thomas Pocklington Trust commissioned a research team at the University of Edinburgh and Manchester Metropolitan University to explore the opinions of people with sight loss on visual impairment. These research findings outline results of a third, more recent study, which asked whether those opinions still had currency. The study was grounded in "disability studies", an approach which addresses social exclusion and promotes the civil and human rights of disabled people. The study was based in Edinburgh and interviewed 30 people (including 6 aged 40-69, and 18 aged 70-98) with sight loss about their opinions on visual impairment research. Participants identified five priority topic: access to the built environment, transport and information; attitudes of those who do and do not have sight loss; daily life and methods of coping; support; and affordability and access to technological aids. They also identified four processes that should be attended to when carrying out research: aims, methods, dissemination, and involvement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100526004 P |
| Classmark | BS: DP: BR: 3A: 3DP: 9SD * |
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