Date of Award
12-1965
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Human Performance and Health Education
Department
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
First Advisor
Dr. George G. Mallinson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Introduction
Mobility enables man to interact with his surroundings, and to influence his environment as well as to be influenced by it. The need for the blind individual to relate himself to his environment has been the motivation for the development of orientation and mobility instruction.
While orientation and mobility for the blind is a relatively new discipline, the systemic use of basic techniques, i.e. hand-and-arm techniques and the use of long, light, functional cane as a mode of travel, has been validated empirically with more than a thousand blinded adults. These techniques have also been used successfully with blind youth at the secondary-school level.
Recommended Citation
Blaha, Lawrence E., "The Orientation and Mobility Needs of Blind Youth in a Highly-Impacted Metropolitan Area" (1965). Masters Theses. 4140.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4140