Perceived Problems of People with Visual Impairment in Rehabilitation Centers in Nigeria and the Counseling Implications

Autor/inn/en	Ajobiewe, Theo; Ayena, Olugbenga O.
Titel	Perceived Problems of People with Visual Impairment in Rehabilitation Centers in Nigeria and the Counseling Implications
Quelle	In: Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 13 (2012) 1, S.79-86 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-6913
Schlagwörter	Visual Impairments; Foreign Countries; Hypothesis Testing; Rehabilitation Centers; Rehabilitation Counseling; Accessibility (for Disabled); Barriers; Questionnaires; Institutional Characteristics; Social Indicators; Program Effectiveness; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Ausland; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Rehabilitation center; Rehabilitation centre; Rehabilitation centres; Rehabilitationszentrum; Rehabilitation counselling; Rehabilitationsberatung; Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Fragebogen; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator
Abstract	The main objective of this study was to find out problems of people with visual impairment in rehabilitation centers in Nigeria. The sample consisted of 600 participants. A Questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the 0.05 alpha-level of significance. Data were analyzed using t-test statistic. The findings revealed that the major problems of the participants included health, communication, accommodation, economic/finance and psycho-social. The results also indicated that there were no significant differences in respondents' problems based on gender whereas there were significant differences in respondents' problems on the basis of type of rehabilitation services. The findings of this study shed light on the problems encountered by participants in rehabilitation centers in Nigeria. Hence, it is recommended that Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) should be fully developed in Nigeria as an alternative approach to Institutional Rehabilitation. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Special Education. c/o College of Education, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774. Tel: 928-523-8979; Fax: 928-523-1929; Web site: http://iase.coe.nau.edu/index3.html
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Update	2017/4/10