A noteworthy exception is to be found in Finestone, Samuel LukoffI. F., and WhitemanM.The Demand for Dog Guides and The Travel Adjustment of Blind Persons.New York: The New York School of Social Work, Columbia University, (Research Center), 1960, who say, “… a total rehabilitative approach is necessary because of the complex social, motivational and skills aspect of travel training.” (p. 99).
2.
Also mentioned in Planning for Statewide Mobility Services for Visually Handicapped, Interim Report to VRA, Society of St. Vincent de PaulSt. Louis, Missouri, 1962, (p. 35).
3.
“Blind” is defined here as no useful vision for mobility purposes, that is, total blindness or light perception only. “Severe visual impairment” is defined as some useful vision (light projection upwards), but loss to the extent that some function of the person is vitally affected. See discussion in AFB Research Bulletin No. 3, 1963, pp. 111–130, for details.
4.
See Planning for Program of Statewide Mobility Services for Visually Handicapped, Interim Report to VRA, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louis, Missouri, 1962: “Mobility training is undertaken only when there is a readiness on the part of the blind person which can be evaluated as such by the mobility specialist and others who have responsibility for the intake process” (P. 25).
5.
Central Rehabilitation Section for Visually Impaired and Blinded Veterans, VA Manual M-2, Chapter 9.04 (c), October 1961.
6.
“Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Mentally Retarded Blind Persons” MurphyThomas J., New Outlook for the Blind, Vol. 58, No. 9. November 1964. (pp 285–287).
7.
The activities comprising the battery were: reading frequency; attendance at theaters, concerts, films, political rallies, sports events; frequency of visiting others; participation in organizations, club, societies, church; voting in presidential elections; outings away from home, vacations, weekend trips, day trips; outdoor activities, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, skiing, riding in automobiles for pleasure, picnics, camping, gardening, hobbies.
8.
Since the sample is so small, standard statistical tests of significance were not carried out; some rough estimates were made intuitively.
9.
Veterans in the eU. S. 1959, Employment, Income, Family and Other Characteristics—Research Monograph No. 5. Office of the Controller, Veterans Administration, July 1961.
10.
Veterans in the U. S., 1960, Supplementary Reports, 1960 Census of Population, P C (S1)-31, Bureau of the Census, December 14, 1962.
11.
Planning for Program of Statewide Mobility Services for Visually Handicapped, Interim Report to VRA, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louis, Missouri 1962: “… familial attitudes toward the blind person can substantially affect the orientation and mobility program which the blind person is undergoing” (p 41).
12.
Households and Families by Type: (1964) Current Population Reports, Population Characteristics, P. 20 No. 130. July 27, 1964. Bureau of the Census.
13.
Resistance to Cataract Surgery, Irving Miller, AFB Research Series No. 12. (1964).
14.
“Assessment of Risk Taking Behavior.”Paul Slovic. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 61, No. 3 March 1964, pp. 220–233.
15.
Personal communication from staff on VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
16.
Income of Families and Persons in the U. S. (1963), Current Population Reports, Consumer Income, Series P-60, No. 43, September 29, 1964, Bureau of the Census.
17.
Chronic Conditions Causing Limitation of Activities, U. S. July 1959—June 1961, Health Statistics, U. S. National Health Survey, Report B-36.
18.
This is corroborated in Finestone, Samuel, I. F. Lukoff, and M. Whiteman. The Demand for Dog Guides and the Travel Adjustment of Blind Persons. op cit, 1960.
19.
Specifications for the Long-cane (Typhlocane), Veterans Administration, April 28, 1964, 5 pp. text and engineering drawings.
20.
See the report of DeatherageBruceDr, “The Evaluation of the Haverford-Bionic Instruments Obstacle Detector,” in ClarkL. L. (ed) Proceedings of the Rotterdam Mobility Research Conference, 1964 (in press). In the same publication also see a longer, more statistical treatment of this present paper.
21.
This is confirmed by a study of leisure time activities which has been conducted by Dr. Eric Josephson, Department of Research, American Foundation for the Blind.
