Introduction
Questions! You may have questions, possibly questions you tend to avoid the answers to. Perhaps you have no questions about your visual impairment at all! Perhaps your friends have asked you questions about your vision you wish you knew how to answer. Let’s find the answers and learn them in a way that will make us feel more confident in our knowledge about our visual impairments and the visual impairments others may have! This is lifelong information that can be used now with friends and eventually with college disability offices
Task
Over the next few days, we will take a closer look at our own visual impairment diagnosis or a fancy word for, “the name doctors decided to call your specific type of visual difference.” The more information about our specific visual impairments and those of our friends, the better our answers to friends and family will be. That means self- advocacy and independence!
Process
Using your knowledge of the internet and search engines in addition to the specific sites I’ve found for you: explore the information related to your visual impairment. Is there anything you read that you didn’t know before? The process of learning more about your own visual impairment can be an emotional one. We will always do this process together and can take breaks to discuss any information you learn.
The process of this WebQuest is meant to be a fun way to find new information. Please read about other visual impairments. Perhaps one of a friend or relative you have. Can you put into words how your visual impairments may be different? How are they similar?
Evaluation
Type your answers to the following questions in a Google document.
1. What is one new piece of information you’ve taken away from the WebQuest about your own visual impairment or diagnosis?
2. What is one piece of information you learned about a different visual impairment from your own?
3. What is one way or scenario you can use your knowledge to arm yourself with confidence in the future? (Hint: think Social or college)
Conclusion
Once you complete this WebQuest you may want to further research, you may want to talk to your teacher of the Blind, your doctor, and or your parents. That is ok and great! A WebQuest is meant to help students learn and explore information presented in various formats. Learning about your visual impairment is challenging for some and easy for others. The most important part is you did it. The information you’ve learned is now knowledge and knowledge about yourself is POWER.
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