Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted THE EXPERIENCE OF BLIND MOTHERS IN PARENTING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES(University of Central Florida, 2024) Ali, Abeer; Dieker, Lisa; Hines, RebeccaBlind or visually impaired mothers (BVIMs) raising children with disabilities experience an exceptional set of challenges that have been largely overlooked in disability and parenting research and teacher education. With this study the researcher examined how BVIMs support their children with disabilities in key areas such as behavior management, educational advocacy, caregiving, and accessing resources. Additionally, the researcher sought to understand how these mothers navigate their experiences as they challenge with societal perceptions, institutional barriers, and the daily caregiving demands. The researcher employed a qualitative case study methodology, using in-depth individual interviews and a focus group with six BVIM participants. Each participant provided reflective summaries after their interviews, which were analyzed alongside the interview transcripts. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo 12 software to identify patterns and themes within the data. The data analysis revealed three major themes: (1) disability, with sub-themes of stigma, and health and well-being; (2) support, with sub-themes of social and community support and educational challenges; and (3) transportation, identified as a critical issue with no sub-themes. The findings emphasized the resilience of BVIMs when faced with significant barriers. Despite the stigma they encountered during their parenting experiences, these mothers continued to advocate for their children’s needs within educational, medical, and community systems. The lack of adequate support and transportation services further complicated their parenting role, making it crucial for future interventions to address these gaps. The researcher calls for improvements in policies, education, support systems, and teacher preparation to better meet the needs of BVIMs raising children with disabilities.23 0Item Restricted Towards Supporting People with sight loss in Dynamic Indoor spacing by Utilizing Surveillance Cameras(The University of Sheffield, 2024-07-11) Alrashidi, Abdulaziz; Gotoh, YoshiNavigating unfamiliar places often creates various challenges for visually impaired people (VIPs), thus restricting their independence. Recent studies on indoor wayfinding for VIPs mostly focuses on large spaces such as airports and hospitals, overlooking more compact spaces such as cafes, halls and other smaller venues. These spaces are often characterised by their dynamic nature, with people constantly moving and furniture being rearranged. It leads to user needs that are not sufficiently met by existing assistive technologies (ATs), and poses technical challenges when de veloping cost-effective solutions. The challenges in visiting unfamiliar dynamic environments (UDEs) and the required informa tion to support navigation and wayfinding were investigated as a user study with ten VIPs. This study involved methods for interviewing participants and observing them perform walking jour neys in an unfamiliar room. The qualitative analysis reveals user requirements, useful verbal guid ance and preferred method of their delivery. The need for addressing localisation and mapping was highlighted in the user study as key functional requirements. When developing affordable ATs in UDEs, surveillance cameras have good potential as a plat form because they are widely available infrastructure. This lead to investigating people localisa tion under occlusion and generating semantic representation of dynamic environments from a single view stationary camera.15 0