Activities for Daily Living, Orientation and Mobility Techniques for Visually Impaired Students

Education

A visually impaired student because of difficulty in imitation cannot perform the routine activities in a required manner. For this reason visually impaired students need to learn how to do their daily living activities. Daily living skills are those skills which enable us to carry out our day-to-day activities on our own. It is necessary for the visually impaired students to take education, training and practical session how he or she will cope up his daily activities and moving from one place to another place. However the present study has conducted to identify the ways of activities needed for leading daily living for Visually Impaired Students, to explore different Orientation and Mobility Techniques for Visually Impaired Students, to find out the different coping mechanism of Visually Impaired Students with environment and to assess the method of trainings for Visually Impaired Students. The study was conducted in Bangladesh. The study was documentary analysis type. Data and information were collected from secondary sources. From the study it was found that if visually impaired people are trained for Cooking skills, Teaching about Orientation, Development of Motor Skills, Teaching Mobility he or she can achieve the training and become able to do those things. If visually impaired students are trained with White Cane Techniques he or she can remarking the height, able for shorelining, can ascend stairs, can descend from stairs, can crossing the road, can ascend in bus or rickshaw, can Descend from Bus or Rickshaw, can Come and go with narrow space or door of a house, can sit in the bus or rest in the bus, can adopt warning. From the result it was also found that if the visually impaired students are trained with sighted guide, he or she can also do many works even can find out lost objects. Visually impaired students are able to move from one place to another place by the help of dog. Visually impaired students are able to use electronic devices if he or she trained. From the result it was also found that if the visually impaired students are trained properly they can become graduates, can get good jobs, and can works properly. Their contribution can add in our economy. So visually impaired students should provide more training and education facilities for the development of our country.

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