Are photographic representations meaningful to people with cortical vision impairment and mental retardation (or other cognitive impairments)?

Question: My experience is that photographic representations are not meaningful to people with cortical vision impairment and mental retardation (or other cognitive impairments). What is your view on this? What research is there on this subject?

Thank you so much. David Brown, CDBS Educational Specialist responds: I think that the best, most comprehensive, and most accessible information about Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is now the book that the American Foundation for the Blind published in 2008: ‘Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment and Intervention’ by Christine Roman-Lantzy (ISBN 978-0-89128-829-9) Dr Roman explains that CVI is not a static condition, it tends to improve or get worse depending upon the kinds of visual experiences and visual environments that the child is exposed to. She describes ten characteristic behaviors of people with CVI, and she offers ways to assess and measure the degree of CVI demonstrated in each of these behaviors on a scale of 1 ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.