The Social Lives of Canadian Youths with Visual Impairments

Gold, Deborah T.; Shaw, Alex; Wolffe, Karen E.

doi:10.1177/0145482x1010400706

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“…Just as previous studies (5,(7)(8)(9) have shown, young people with visual impairment were in this study too found to have few friends and often to consider themselves as lonely. The results also support a Canadian study on the social and leisure experiences of young people with visual impairments, which found that, in general, young people with low vision experienced more social challenges than did their peers who were blind (23). This study found that young people with mild visual impairment tried to manage without assistive devices and hence underperformed at school or in social situations.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Young persons with visual impairment: Challenges of participation

Salminen

Karhula²

2014

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The challenges related to activities and participation that young persons with visual impairment face are diverse. It is important that these challenges are assessed individually and with the help of subjective measures. Serving as a broad framework for classifying the data, the ICF proved to be a useful tool, but used strictly at category level it may limit the coding of data and narrow interpretation.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Young persons with visual impairment: Challenges of participation

Salminen

Karhula²

2014

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Kef et al ; Kroksmark & Nordell ; Kef & Bos ; Sacks & Wolffe ; Gold et al. ), this seems unlikely. A possible explanation for the low percentage of rehabilitation needs in these chapters is that young adults may not feel comfortable sharing issues about relationships in their encounter with the intaker.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…However, several studies found that adolescents with visual impairments experienced difficulties in this regard, threatening psychosocial development and the quality and maintenance of such relationships (Kroksmark & Nordell ; Kef ; Kef & Deković ; Kef & Bos ; Sacks & Wolffe ; Gold et al. ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating rehabilitation needs of visually impaired young adults according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Leeuwen

Rainey

Kef

et al. 2015

Acta Ophthalmologica

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ABSTRACT.Purpose: To gain qualitative insight into the rehabilitation needs of visually impaired young adults (18-25 years) and how these needs relate to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and patient characteristics. Methods: Rehabilitation needs and patient characteristics of young adults (N = 392) who applied for multidisciplinary services in 2012 and 2013 were obtained from structured and semi-structured intake records. Linking rules were used to assess how the needs related to Environmental Factors, Body Functions, Body Structures, and Activity and Participation (A&P) ICF components. The relationship between the type of rehabilitation goal and patient characteristics was assessed using multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: Most rehabilitation needs (67.6%; N = 510) were found on the A&P component of the ICF. Most prevalent needs were related to 'major life areas' (e.g. finding internship or job), followed by the chapters: 'mobility' (e.g. selfreliance in travelling), 'communication' (e.g. using communication devices and techniques), 'general tasks and demands' (e.g. psychological aspects of vision loss) and 'domestic life' (e.g. household tasks). Patients in one of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation centres (odds ratio (OR) = 7.07; 95% confidence interval (CI) [2.97-16.83]) and patients with comorbidity (OR = 3.82; 95% CI [1.62-9.02]) were more likely to report rehabilitation needs related to chapter E3 'support and relationships'. Conclusion: 'Major life areas' prevail in the content of rehabilitation needs, but tend to overshadow topics regarding peer interaction and social, community and civic life. A suitable survey method for young adults with visual impairments is required that contains rehabilitation domains and goals relevant to their lives and development.

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“…For example, matches that comprise mentors and mentees who both have a VI face added challenges that are associated with the VI itself. Specifically, having VI can result in restricted mobility (Berger, ) and has been found to be related to problems with social competence (Gold et al., ; Kef & Bos, ). If one or more of these practical or interpersonal challenges are present in both members of the match, then these challenges may mitigate against the potential positive effect associated with disability similarity and potential benefits of having had similar life experiences related to VI.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does having a similar disability matter for match outcomes?: A randomized study of matching mentors and mentees by visual impairment

Heppe

Kupersmidt

Kef

et al. 2018

Journal Community Psychology

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Mentoring is modestly effective for youth with a chronic illness or physical disability; however, program effectiveness may be enhanced when mentors and mentees are matched on shared interests and experiences. To test this hypothesis, mentees were randomly assigned to having a mentor with or without visual impairment (VI). Results showed that mentors without VI were younger and more likely to work or be educated in a helping profession and less likely to have a fixed mindset and extremely high positive expectations than mentors with VI. The main analyses on match outcomes showed that mentors with VI had significantly fewer and shorter match meetings, had a weaker relationship with their mentees, and were more likely to end their match prematurely. Mentor age, helping profession background, and fixed mindset were confounds in several analyses and reduced the significance of the relationship between VI group and match meeting quantity. The only relationship that remained significant controlling for covariates showed that matches including a mentor with VI were significantly more likely to end in premature closure than matches including a mentor without VI. Implications of the findings for future research and program practices related to matching were discussed.

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The Social Lives of Canadian Youths with Visual Impairments

Cited by 57 publications

References 9 publications

Young persons with visual impairment: Challenges of participation

Young persons with visual impairment: Challenges of participation

Investigating rehabilitation needs of visually impaired young adults according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Does having a similar disability matter for match outcomes?: A randomized study of matching mentors and mentees by visual impairment

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