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Colour has little significance for children with visual impairments, yet they use colour in their everyday life. This study explore and develop six tactile symbols to represent colour that were implemented in the learning tools of children with visual impairment. This concept was introduced to two age groups of children with low vision and totally blind by conducting learning sessions with them in their school environment. An evaluation process in terms of speed recognition of the colour symbols on the learning tools was carried out with each age group. This assessment provide an initial analysis on the response of the children to this new concept.
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Ramsamy-Iranah, S., Rosunee, S., Kistamah, N. (2016). Introducing Assistive Tactile Colour Symbols for Children with Visual Impairment: A Preliminary Research. In: Langdon, P., Lazar, J., Heylighen, A., Dong, H. (eds) Designing Around People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29498-8_7
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