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Learning from Each Other: Comparing the Service Provision for Blind and Visually-Impaired Students in Post-secondary Education in Japan and Europe

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The number of visually handicapped students who study at universities and other organizations for post secondary education is increasing gradually. The situation of higher education for the visually impaired is rapidly changing and different countries answer this situation in different ways. In this research, we started to compare the educational systems and the service provision systems for blind and visually handicapped students in post-secondary education in Japan and European countries, mainly Austria. The goal of these studies is to outline proposals for the improvement of the higher education for the target group.

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  1. Tsukuba College of Technology, 4-12-7 Kasuga, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-0821, Japan

    Hiroshi Katoh, Martin Pauly, Shunsuke Hara & Hideji Nagaoka

  2. i3s3, University of Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, A-4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Katoh, H., Pauly, M., Hara, S., Nagaoka, H., Miesenberger, K. (2002). Learning from Each Other: Comparing the Service Provision for Blind and Visually-Impaired Students in Post-secondary Education in Japan and Europe. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_148

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