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Bibliography - Mobility Matters

Books

Bjerre, Gitte
Mobility touch technique
Nat Instit for Blind & PS, Kalundborg, Denmark
1977

 Bjerre, Gitte (tr Wanda Williams)
Small children and mobility
Refsnaesskilen, 1978

 Blasch, Bruce B; Weiner, William R; Welsh, Richard L
Foundations of orientation and mobility (2nd ed)
AFB, 1997
ISBN: 0891289461
Textbook on mobility for visually impaired people with information regarding other impairments and disabilities.

Brannock, Grant & Golding, Leo
6 step method of teaching orientation and mobility: a learning centred approach to competent travel for the vision impaired
G Brannock & Leo Golding, 2000
ISBN: 064639004X
"The 6 step method"

Cutter, Joseph
Independent movement and travel in blind children: a promotional model
Information Age, 2007
ISBN: 9781593116033
An innovative guide to encouraging activity, movement and independence in the young blind child. Emphasises partnership and team approaches for parents, teachers, assistants, therapists and rehabilitation workers

Dodson-Burk, Bonnie & Hill, Everett W
Orientation and mobility primer for families and young children
AFB, 1960
ISBN: 0891281576

Duncan, John; Gish, Calasha; Mulholland, Mary Ellen; Townsend, Alex
Environmental modifications for the visually impaired: a handbook
AFB, 1977

Fazzi, Diane L & Petersmeyer, Barbara A
Imagining the possibilities: creative approaches to orientation and mobility instruction for persons who are visually impaired
AFB, 2001
ISBN: 089128382X

Ford, Margaret & Heshel, Thena
Getting about safely
BBC Broadcasting Support Services, 1991
ISBN: 0906965489
In Touch Care Guide

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Taking a lead: a strategic overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
GDBA, 1998

Halpern-Gold, Julia; Adler, Robin; Faust-Jones, Shelly
Travel tales: a mobility storybook
Mostly Mobility, 1988
ISBN: 0922637008
The adventures of Elliot, a young visually impaired child exploring different environments, public transport and pre-cane skills. Includes activities and written exercises.

Hill, Everett & Ponder, Purvis
Orientation and mobility techniques
AFB, 1976
ISBN: 0891280014
A guide for the practitioner.

Jacobson, William H
Art and science of teaching orientation and mobility to persons with visual impairments
AFB, 1993
ISBN: 0891282459

Johnston, Bruce
Harnessing thought: the guide dog: a thinking animal with a skilful mind
Lennard, 1995
ISBN: 1852911247

Knill, Margaret N
Confidence is moving on a firm foundation
B Phil Thesis University of Birmingham, 1981
The importance of movement education for low vision children between the ages of five and eight.

Knott, Natalie Isaak
Teaching orientation and mobility in the schools: an instructor's companion
AFB, 2002
ISBN: 0891283919

Lee, Margaret
Mobility education: a gateway to learning putting skills into context: an expansion of the video "Show me how to do it"
Scottish Sensory Centre, [2003]

Lee, Margaret F
Case for mobility: survey of the incidence and extent of mobility needs of visually impaired children
Moray House College, 1987
A report from a project to investigate the orientation and mobility training provided for children who are visually impaired.
Available in html

Mclaren, Laura
Syllabus to help with pre-cane conceptual skills for the young visually impaired child
University of Central England in Birmingham/ RNIB, n.d.

MISE (Mobility and Independence Specialists in Education)
Mobility and independent assessment and evaluation scheme: early skills
MISE, [2006]
A checklist for mobility and independence skills including: Functional vision, communication, awareness, motor skills, independence skills and play & social skills.
http://www.miseuk.org/downloads.htm

Misso, Nicola
Guide to orientation and mobility for young children with vision impairments
RVIB, 2001
ISBN: 0949390410

Naish, Lucy; Bell, Judy; Clunies-Ross, Louise
Exploring access: how to audit your school environment, focusing on the needs of pupils who have multiple disabilities and visual impairment
RNIB, 2004
ISBN: 1858786304
Folder of information which deals with access and adaptations to the physical environment for children with multiple disabilities and visual impairments.

Nzegwu, Femi
Audio and visual information on buses: moving towards inclusion
Guide Dogs for the Blind, 2005
ISBN: 0952403846
A report of a focus group on audiovisual information for bus travel.

Pavey, Sue ... [et al]
Steps to independence: the mobility and independence needs of children with a visual impairment: full research report
University of Birmingham, 2002
http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/victar/research/projects/mobility/mobility.htm

Pielasch, Helmut (Ed)
Mobility: a means to self-reliance and integration of the blind
Secretariat of European Regional Committee of World Council for Welfare of the Blind, 1976
Illustrated guide to independent mobility of people who are visually impaired. Parallel text in French, English, Russian and German.

Pogrund, Rona ... [et al]
Teaching age-appropriate purposeful skills (TAPS): an orientation and mobility curriculum for students with visual impairments (2nd ed)
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1993
ISBN :1880366185
Accompanied by "Comprehensive assessment and ongoing evaluation" (RN 3267)

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Get up and go!: fun ideas to help visually impaired children to move more confidently
RNIB, 1997
ISBN: 185878123X
For parents & carers who want to help their young visually impaired child to move confidently and safely. (Early Years Series).

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Rights of way: transport and mobility for visually impaired people in the UK
RNIB, 1999
ISBN: 1858782368
Campaign report 9

Stone, Juliet
Mobility for special needs
Cassell, 1995
ISBN: 0304330655 0304330671
Series : Special Needs in Ordinary Schools 

Tooze, Doris
Independence training for visually handicapped children
Croom Helm, 1981
ISBN: 0709902905
Helps parents and teachers to participate in child-based mobility programmes.

Willis, Roger
Willis technique: an original and imaginative approach to help improve overall use of the long cane: intended for use by qualified and qualifying mobility instructors of visually impaired people
Roger Willis, 1998
ISBN: 0953455807

Wyatt, Lorna
Possible effects of vision impairment on physical development
RVIB, 2001
ISBN: 0949390186

Videos

Bartiméus
On your own two feet
Bartiméus, 1995
The development of orientation & mobility in blind children from birth to 6 years. Aimed at parents, child care professionals, mobility officers, physiotherapists, teachers, counsellors or students studying special needs. Duration 41 minutes.

Moray House Institute of Education
Show me how to do it: mobility video
Moray House, n.d.
Duration 15 minutes.

Partridge, Merv
I can find it myself: using NBCs to understand the environment
Queensland Department of Education, 2000
Duration: 28 mins

Articles

Mobility the hard way (Parent's column)
The Educator July 2006, Vol XIX (1), p39-40
A parent's experience of wheelchair mobility issues for a young person with a visual impairment.

Aplin, Geoff
Moving with the times
Visability Summer 1997, No 18, p5-7
An approach to teaching mobility skills to visually impaired children.
website

Avery, Robert
Future of training in mobility and orientation in the UK
The Educator July 2006, Vol XIX (1), p24-28
Looks at the training of orientation and mobility professionals in the UK

Buckland, Jennie
Improving body awareness
Visability Autumn 2004, No 42, p10-12
Exercises working on strength, posture and flexibility have had a significant impact on the self image of one teenager with a visual impairment, and led to increased spatial awareness, mobility skills and independence.

Douglas, Graeme; Pavey, Susan; McLinden, Mike; McCall, Steve
Investigation into the mobility and independence needs of children with visual impairment. Part 2: the delivery of the mobility and independence curriculum
British Journal of Visual Impairment May 2003, Vol 21 (2), p47-54
Results of research into the mobility needs of children being educated in mainstream schools.

Dutton, Gordon
Children with visual processing disorders. Part 2: difficulty seeing information in complex scenes
Insight May/June 2006, No 3, p21-24
An ophthalmologist's approach to helping children who find it difficult to pick out information from complex scenes due to cerebral visual impairment.

Garaj, V ... [et al]
System for remote sighted guidance of visually impaired pedestrians
British Journal of Visual Impairment May 2003, Vol 21 (2), p55-63

Gray, Colette
Support for children with a visual impairment in Northern Ireland: the role of the rehabilitation worker
British Journal of Visual Impairment September 2008, Vol 26 (3), p239-254
Some findings from a large research project looking at the mobility, independence and lifeskills education available to children and young people aged 0-19. This reports on the services provided by rehabilitation workers only.

Gustafson-Pearce, Olinkha; Billett, Eric; Cecelja, Franjo
Comparison between audio and tactile systems for delivering simple navigational information to visually impaired pedestrians
British Journal of Visual Impairment September 2007, Vol 25 (3), p255-265
Looks at new GPS technology aimed at assisting visually impaired people navigate.

Hall, Gill
Fostering Harry's independence
Insight May/Jun 2007, No 9, p14-17
Describes mobility training and support offered to one visually impaired year 9 pupil in a mainstream setting.

Lockett, Steve
Mobility in mainstream education
Visability Summer 1997, No 18, p9-10
Emphasises the importance of mobility training as a foundation for integration and to enable full access to the curriculum.
website

Lowry, Susan Shier
Defined spaces
Visability Autumn 2004, No 42, p5-7
Explores an early orientation and mobility strategy for infancy and beyond.

McLaughlin, Martin
Way to go!
Visability Autumn 2004, No 42, p7-9
Considers a number of approaches when teaching visually impaired children how to use public transport independently.

Mittal, A K
Orientation and mobility practices in India
The Educator July 2006, Vol XIX (1), p33-35
An overview of orientation and mobility practice in India.

Morsley, Kim; Spencer, Christopher; Baybutt, Kate
Is there any relationship between a child's body image and spatial skills
British Journal of Visual Impairment May 1991, Vol 9 (2), p41-43
Looks at the relationship between body image and spatial skills in visually impaired children.

Orr, Robert
Fellow travellers
Focus Mar 2000, No 29, p7-13
A report on a series of one-day workshops on 'wheelchair mobility' for people with visual impairments. It discusses the role of the person guiding the wheelchair-user.

Pavey, Sue
Exploring the mobility and independence needs of children with visual impairment in the UK: the Steps to Independence project
The Educator July 2006, Vol XIX (1), p7-16
A one year research project to investigate mobility and independence education for children in mainstream education.

Pavey, Susan; Douglas, Graeme; McLinden, Mike; McCall, Steve
Investigation into the mobility and independence needs of children with visual impairment. Part 1: the development of a mobility and independence curriculum framework
British Journal of Visual Impairment January 2003, Vol 21 (1), p4-9
Results of research into the mobility needs of children being educated in mainstream schools.

Petrie, Helen ... [et al]
MoBIC: an aid to increase the independent mobility of blind travellers
British Journal of Visual Impairment May 1997, Vol 15 (2), p63-66
Describes a system of electronic aids to assist mobility for people who are visually impaired from planning a journey through to arriving at their destination.

Skellenger, Annette C
Trends in the use of alternative mobility devices
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Aug 1999, Vol 93, p516-521
A study of the long-term use of alternatives to long canes.

Stirnweis, Sandra
Learning the ABCs (Mobility)
Insight May/Jun 2007, No 9, p9-13
The skills required for orientation and mobility can be broken down into basic elements which can make it easier for visually impaired children to learn.

Tellevik, Jon M; Martinsen, Harald; Storlilokken, Magnar; Elmerskog, Bengt
Development and evaluation of a procedure to assess mobility route learning
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Apr 2000, Vol 94, p197-203
A study of how orientation and mobility instructors help visually impaired children to learn routes.

Thomas, Martin & Levy, Gill
You'll never walk alone!
Focus Feb 1998, No 23, p1-10
Discusses the motivating factors for visually impaired people who are not independently mobile or active and outlines some strategies for giving people more options.

Thornicroft, Mike
Mobility and orientation training and assessment
Visability Summer 1997, No 18, p13-17
Describes the assessment procedure of a child for mobility training and gives case study examples of how mobility training has helped two young people in particular.
website

Viet, Le Dan Bach
40 years of O&M: the journey to independence for people with visual impairment in Vietnam
The Educator July 2006, Vol XIX (1), p17-23
Looks at the history and current practices of orientation and mobility in Vietnam.