Veering by Blind Pedestrians: Individual Differences and Their Implications for Instruction
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 89 (1) , 28-37
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9508900107
Abstract
This article reports the measurement of the “veering tendency” of four blind pedestrians over three 15-trial test sessions. The findings illustrate between- and within-subject differences in patterns of veering, and the implications of these differences for orientation and mobility instruction are discussed.Keywords
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