This article reports on a study of the reading competence of 25 visually impaired pupils in Sweden, who were followed from 1988 to 1991. Neither visual acuity, reading media, optical aids, nor reading distance were clearly related to reading competence. Rather, good readers were pupils who scored higher on verbal cognitive tests and had a greater interest in reading as a leisure activity.
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