Open AccessKultura informacji osób z niepełnosprawnością wzroku w refleksji tyflologiczno-informatologicznej
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Czerwińska
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
interdyscyplinarne konteksty pedagogiki specjalnej/interdisciplinary contexts of special pedagogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-851X
pISSN - 2300-391X
DOI - 10.14746/ikps.2017.18.03
Subject(s) - braille , focus (optics) , component (thermodynamics) , computer science , graphics , blindness , subject (documents) , access to information , visual impairment , multimedia , psychology , human–computer interaction , information access , world wide web , medicine , computer graphics (images) , physics , psychiatry , optometry , optics , thermodynamics , operating system
The subject of this paper is the specificity of the information space of persons with visual disabilities as a component of their information culture, according to the concept proposed by M. Kisilowska. Based on systematic analysis of documents and long years of participative observations, the deliberations focus on legal solutions governing the access of persons with visual disabilities to information, the navigation and cognition spheres of a blind information user and the specificity of providing information, in particular the Braille system, tactile graphics, audio description, alternative materials and augmentative technologies. The deliberations highlight obstacles in accessing information by persons with visual disabilities and suggest both practical solutions and research proposals for a complex analysis of the information culture of persons with visual disabilities in Poland.