Perception of Visually Impaired Youth about Familial, Academic and Caregivers Support

Authors

  • Dr. Sufiana. K. Malik

  • Dr. Fauzia Khurshid

Keywords:

institute, data, practical

Abstract

The present study was an endeavor to explore the perception of visually impaired about familial academic and caregivers support Study aimed to explore the difference in the perception of support of visually impaired youth living in the residential institute A questionnaire consisting of 28 items was develop through standardizes procedure and used for data collection The sample of the study was consisted of 100 students Among them 28 were boys and 22 were girls ages ranged from 15 to 22 years they belong to different socioeconomic status The present study unfold various aspects of familial academic and residential life of visually impaired male and female students experienced lack of social support by caregivers visually impaired male students experienced most of problems due to non cooperative attitude of caregivers students who stay longer hours in hostel face more difficulties students who are receiving higher education face more problems as compared to students of secondary and intermediate level Study indicates that visually impaired students perceived lack of social support due the people those are near to them Finding of the study confirm that the performance and attitude of caregivers are not satisfactory moreover residential facilities are also not enough On the basis of results it is suggested that the excellence of family unit and institutional psychosocial support may provided to visually impaired students because it play a vital role for their successive achievement and success in practical life

How to Cite

Dr. Sufiana. K. Malik, & Dr. Fauzia Khurshid. (2011). Perception of Visually Impaired Youth about Familial, Academic and Caregivers Support. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 11(9), 55–62. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/227

Perception of Visually Impaired Youth about Familial, Academic and Caregivers Support

Published

2011-05-15