The Visually Impaired Mentally Retarded: A Selected Bibliography

Adair M. , “Working with the Slow Learning Blind Child,” Internation Journal for the Education of the Blind (1951), 1: 37–39.

Albrecht M. , “A Curriculum for a Class of Mentally Retarded Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1957), 7: 33–42.

Allen Edward E. , “The Feeble-Minded Blind,” In Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, Johnson Alexander , ed. Thirty-third Annual Session Philadelphia, Pa., 1906, pp. 259–261.

Ash F. , The Value of Handicraft for the Retarded Blind. American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1940, 123–126.

Athearn C. R. , Stein V. , and Van Natta M. , “General Methods for the Mentally Retarded Blind,” In Education of the Blind: A Study of Methods of Teaching the Blind, Frampton M. E. , Editor. Yonkers-on-Hudson New York, 1940, 336–353.

Bailey E. B. , Music Contribution to the Growth and Development of the Blind Child with an Added Handicap. American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1950, 151–154.

Bauman M. K. , and Hayes S. P. , A Manual for the Psychological Examination of the Adult Blind. New York: Psychological Corporation, New York, 1951.

Benton A. L. , “Psychological Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis,” In Mental Retardation, Stevens H. , and Heber R. , Editors. The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, 1964.

Boly L. F. , and DeLeo G. M. , “A Survey of Educational Provisions for the Institutionalized Mentally Subnormal Blind,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (April, 1956), 60: 744–749.

Budds F. C. , “Some Initial Experiences with Mentally Handicapped Children Who are Attending Schools for the Blind,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (October, 1960), 10: 16–23.

Catty N. , “The Teaching of Retarded Blind Children,” New Beacon (1940), 24: 73–75; 98-99.

Charney L. , “Minority Group Within Two Minority Groups,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1960), 10: 37–43.

Conrad D. , and Shirley J. H. , Suggested Activities for Slow Learning and Retarded Blind Children. Mimeographed, American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Executive Secretary, St. Louis, Missouri, June, 1960.

Cruickshank W. M. “The Multiply Handicapped Cerebral Palsied Child,” Exceptional Children (1953), 20: 16–22.

Cruickshank W. M. , and Johnson G. O. (Editors), Education of Exceptional Children and Youth. Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961, pp. 6–8.

Cutsforth M. G. , and Jackson C. L. , “Mental Development of Children with Blindness Due to Retrolental Fibroplasia,” AMA Journal of Diseases of Children (December, 1958), 96: 641–654.

Cutsforth T. D. , The Blind in School and Society, American Foundation for the Blind New York, 1951, 25–47.

Davidow M. E. , “A Study of Instructional Techniques for the Development of Social Skills of Retarded Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1962), 12: 61–62.

Davidow M. E. , “A Study of Special Instructional Techniques for the Development of Social Skills of Retarded Blind Children,” Dissertation Abstracts (1960), 21, 1475.

Davis C. J. , “The Assessment of Intelligence of Visually Handicapped Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1962), 12: 48–51.

DeLeo G. M. , and Boly L. F. , “Program for the Institutionalized Blind and Partially Sighted Mentally Subnormal,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (July, 1956), 61: 134–140.

DiMichael S. C. , Meeting the Needs of Retarded Blind Children, Report to the American Association of Instructors of the Blind Worthington, Ohio, June, 1956.

Dishart M. , “Testing the Blind for Rehabilitation: Using a Psychological Profile,” New Outlook for the Blind (January, 1959), 53: 1–4.

Donlon Edward T. , “An Evaluation Center for the Blind Child with Multiple Handicaps,” The Education of the Blind, March 1964, 13: 75–78.

Ehrsam E. , “On the Case of One-Sided Musical Talent in a Blind Child with High Grade Retardation,” Psychiatrie, Neurologie und Medizinische Psychologie, Leipzig (1955), 7: 149–154.

Elonen A. S. , and Cain A. C. , The Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Multiple-Handicapped Blind Children. University of Michigan. 18 pp.

Elonen A. S. , and Zwarensteyn S. B. , “Michigan's Summer Program for Multiple-Handicapped Blind Children,” New Outlook for the Blind (March, 1963), 57: 77–82.

Farrell M. J. , “A State Facility for the Blind Retarded,” New Outlook for the Blind (May, 1959). 49: 166–168.

Fletcher M. C. , and Thompson M. M. , “Eye Abnormalities in the Mentally Defective,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (September, 1961), 66: 242–244.

Fraenkel W. A. , “Blind Retarded—or Retarded Blind,” New Outlook for the Blind (June, 1964), 58: 165–170.

George Peabody College, Workshop Report, Nashville, Tennessee, July 5-29, 1960. Potentialities and Problems of Severely Disturbed Blind Children. American Foundation for the Blind New York, 1960.

Gertrude Sister Rose , “Psychological and Intellectual Problems of the Multiple Handicapped,” National Catholic Education Association Bulletin (1961), 58: 399.

Greaves J. R. , “Helping the Retarded Blind,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (April, 1953), 2: 163–164.

Greaves R. K. , What Shall We Do With Our Backward Blind Children? American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1926, 306–309.

Green M. R. , and Schecter D. E. , “Autistic and Symbiotic Disorders in Three Blind Children,” Psychiatric Quarterly (October, 1957), 31: 628–646.

Gruber K. F. , and Moor P. M. , No Place to Go. American Foundation for the Blind New York, 1963.

Habilitation Program, Association for the Help of Retarded Children, New York City Chapter. Personal correspondence of Dr. Jack Gootzeit and Walter Oldham, co-directors, 1964.

Hahs S. , Huffman M. , and Konrad D. , Suggested Activities for Slow Learning and Retarded Blind Children. Workshops on the Slow Learner and Retarded Child, American Association of Instructors of the Blind 1958 Convention.

Hallenbeck J. , “Pseudo-Retardation in Retrolental Fibroplasia,” New Outlook for the Blind (November, 1954), 48: 301–307.

Hallenbeck J. , “Two Essential Factors in the Development of Young Blind Children,” New Outlook for the Blind (November, 1954), 48: 308–315.

Hamilton R. E. , “The Research Program of the National Association for Retarded Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (October, 1958), 8: 20–27.

Hartnett M. E. , “Mental Retardation: A Special Bibliography,” International Council for Exceptional Children, 1956. Psychological Abstracts (April, 1958), 32:2.

Hayden R. R. , “What to do for the Mentally Retarded Pupil,” Teachers Forum (1941), 13: 82–90.

Hayes S. P. , First Regional Conference on Mental Measurements of the Blind. Perkins School for the Blind Watertown, Massachusetts, February, 1952.

Henderson R. A. , “Teaching the Multiply Handicapped Retarded Child,” Exceptional Children (October, 1960), 27: 90–92.

Hoffmeyer Ben E. “The Multiple Handicapped Child: A Product of Improved Medical Care,” Medical Times (Aug. 1961), 89: 807–815.

Hepfinger Lucy M. , “Psychological Evaluation of Young Blind Children,” New Outlook for the Blind, Nov. 1962, 56: 309–316.

Huffman M. B. , Fun Comes First for Blind Slow Learners. Charles C Thomas Springfield, Illinois, 1957.

Huffman M , Growth Through Interest and Experience in Young Children Who Are Mentally Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed in a Residential School for the Blind. Masters Project. San Francisco State College, 1957.

Huffman M. B. , “Let's Make Life and Words Meaningful to Them,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1958).

Huffman M. B. , “Teaching Retarded, Disturbed Blind Children,” New Outlook for the Blind (September, 1960), 54: 237–239.

Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. Proceedings of the Regional Conference of the Slow Learning Visually Handicapped Child, held April 23-26, 1952. The School, Vinton, Iowa, 1952.

Jacob W. , “Servicing the Multiple Handicapped,” Training School Bulletin (1957), 54: 13.

Jeguier M. , and Dufour R. , “Results of Medical and Genetic Survey Among Feebleminded Blind Persons,” Bulletin der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (Basel, 1955), 11: 363–378.

Jones J. W. , “Problems in Defining and Classifying Blindness,” New Outlook for the Blind (April, 1962), 56: 115–122.

Kirk Samuel A. , “Needed Projects and Research in Special Education,” Chapter XVII, in The Education of Exceptional Children, Part II, The Forty-Ninth Yearbook, National Society for the Study of Education. University of Chicago Press Chicago 1950, p. 326.

Kirschen M. , “A Study of Visual Performance of Mentally Retarded Children,” American Journal of Optometry (1954), 31: 282–288.

Kodman F. , “Sensory Processes and Mental Deficiency,” Chapter XIV in Handbook of Mental Deficiency, Ellis N. R. , Editor. McGraw-Hill Book Company Incorporated, New York, 1963.

Kratter F. E. , “Color Blindness in Relation to Normal and Defective Intelligence,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (1957), 62: 436–441.

Langan I. W. , “The Education of the Blind Mental Defective,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (1948), 52: 272–277.

Lee T. M. , The Child of Low Intelligence—What Can Be Done for Him? American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1944, 37–41.

Lende H. , “Education of the Young Blind: The Blind Mentally Retarded,” Chapter 2 in Books About the Blind (Second Edition). American Foundation for the Blind Incorporated, New York, 1953.

Long , and Perry , “Slow Learner and Retarded Blind Child,” 43rd Biennial Convention, American Association of Instructors of the Blind, 1956.

Lowe R. , “The Eyes in Mongolism,” British Journal of Ophthalmology (1949), 33: 131–174.

Lowenfeld B. , and Spar H. J. , “The Education of the Mentally Handicapped Blind Child,” Teachers Forum (1941), 13: 62–66; 79-80.

Mac Farland D. C. , “Serving Multiply Disabled Blind Persons,” New Outlook for the Blind (September, 1964), 58: 206–209.

Massachusetts Special Unpaid Commission Relative to Blind Feebleminded, Blind Epileptic, and Blind Feebleminded Epileptic Persons. Report. Wright, Potter Printing Company Boston, Massachusetts, 1946, 35 pp.

Massachusetts, Walter E. Fernald State School, “Plans for the Walter E. Fernald State School Unit for the Blind Retarded,” Mental Hospitals (1955), 6: 12–15.

Maxfield K. E. , and Kenyon E. L. , A Guide to the Use of the Maxfield-Fjeld Tentative Adaptation of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale for Use with Visually Handicapped Children. The American Foundation for the Blind New York, 1953.

Mayshark J. W. , “Special Groups Among the Blind,” What of the Blind? (1941), American Foundation for the Blind New York, 2: 46–61.

McQuie B. , “Severely Disturbed Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (May, 1960), 9: 39–97.

Misbach D. , “Happy Gracious Living for the Mentally Retarded Blind Child,” New Outlook for the Blind (March, 1953), 47: 61–66.

Mitchell P. , “The Education of the Ungraded Blind Child,” In Special Education for the Exceptional, Volume II, Frampton M. , and Gall E. D. , Editors. Porter-Sargent Boston, Massachusetts. 1955.

Moor P. , “Blind Children with Developmental Problems,” Children (January-February, 1961), 8: 9–13.

Newland T. E. , The Blind Learning Aptitude Test: Report of the Proceedings of a Conference on Research Needs in Braille. American Foundation for the Blind New York, 1961.

New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Mental Health Research Unit, 1955. A Special Census of Suspected Referral Mental Retardation, Onondaga County, New York. Technical Report of the Mental Health Research Unit. Syracuse University Press.

O'Conner N. , “Imbecility and Color Blindness,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (1957), 62: 83–87.

Paraskove P. C. , “A Survey of the Facilities for the Mentally Retarded Blind in the United States,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (May, 1959), 8: 139–149.

Peterson B. H. , “Congenital Deaf Mutism, Pigmentary Degeneration of Retina and Amentia,” Medical Journal of Australia (1950), 2: 854–858.

Rapaport I. , “Mental Handicap—Diagnosis and Placement,” New Outlook for the Blind (November, 1961), 55: 291–293.

Regler J. , “An Experimental Program for Slowly Developing Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (May, 1960), 9: 89–93.

Ridgeway E. H. , “A Summary of the Cases Examined in the Eye Clinic of the New Jersey State Colony at New Lisbon,” American Journal of Optometry and Archives of American Academy of Optometry (1942), 12: 261–269.

Rigby M. E. , “Some of the Problems of the Multiply Handicapped,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (May, 1963), 12: 97–103.

Root F. K. , “Evaluation of Services for Multiple Handicapped Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (December, 1963), 13: 33–38.

Royer-Greaves School for the Blind Staff, “Academic Subjects for Retarded Blind Children,” International Journal for the Education of the Blind (1952), 1: 84–88.

Salvin S. T. , and Light B. , Curricula, Practices, Instructional Supplies and Equipment for the Multiple-Handicapped Retarded. University of Southern California Los Angeles, California, 1963.

Scholl G. , “Intelligence Tests for Visually Handicapped Children,” Exceptional Children (1953), 20: 116–120; 122-123.

Scholl G. , What Should Be Included in the Curriculum for the Slow Learner, American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1950.

Silva H. , “Teaching the Mentally Retarded Blind Child,” Exceptional Children (1946), 12: 137–140.

Stein V. , “Living Democracy—A Classroom Experience With Multiple Handicaps,” Exceptional Children (1942), 8: 107–108; 122.

Stevens G. D. , Taxonomy In Special Education for Children With Body Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1962.

Strickland H. , Meeting the Problems of Social Behavior of Retarded Blind Children. American Association of Instructors of the Blind St. Louis, Missouri, 1950, 135-138.

Strickland Howard , Wherein Lies Our Problem. American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Proceedings, 1946, 49–51.

Survey on Blind Retarded Children, National Association for Retarded Children, 1960.

Tagaya M , “A Case Study of a Feebleminded Blind Child,” Psychol. Blind Tokyo (1961), 5: 47–52.

“Today Builds Tomorrow,”, Newsletter, New York State Department of Social Welfare, Commission for the Blind, Fall-Winter, 1962.

Tretakoff M. I. , and Farrell M. J. , “Developing a Curriculum for the Blind Retarded,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (January, 1958), 62: 610–615.

Whitnall S. E. , and Norman R. M. , “Microphthalmia and Visual Pathways; Case Associated with Blindness and Imbecility, and Sex Linked,” British Journal of Ophthalmology (1940), 24: 229–244.

Wilson J. M. , and Wolfensberger W. , “Color Blindness Testing as an Aid in the Etiological Diagnosis of Mental Retardation,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (May, 1963), 67: 914–915.

Winschel J. F. , Facilities for the Education and Care of Mentally Retarded Blind Children, University of Pittsburgh March 1960.

Wolfe W. G. , and Harvey J. E. , A Comparative Investigation of Methods of Testing Auditory and Visual Acuity of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Part II. United States Office of Education, Cooperative Research Branch, SAE-6477, 1960.

Wolfe W. G. , and MacPherson J. R. , Comparative Investigation of Methods of Testing Auditory and Visual Acuity of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Part I. United States Office of Education, Cooperative Research Branch, SAE-6557, 1960.

Boly L. F. , and DeLeo G. M. , “A Survey of Educational Provisions for the Institutionalized Mentally Subnormal Blind,” American Journal of Mental Deficiency (April, 1956), 60: 744–749.

Cruickshank W. M. , and Johnson G. O. (Editors), Education of Exceptional Children and Youth. Prentice-Hall Incorporated, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961, pp. 6–8.

Heber R. , and others, Bibliography of World Literature on Mental Retardation. United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C., 1963.

Lende H. , “Education of the Young Blind: The Blind Mentally Retarded,” Chapter 2 in Books About the Blind (Second Edition). American Foundation for the Blind Incorporated, New York, 1953.

Stevens G. D. , Taxonomy In Special Education For Children With Body Disorders. University of Pittsburgh, Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1962.