Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 27, No. 3
Issue: Summer 1996
Pages: 224-228
Author(s): Penny Kugler (Central Missouri State University) and Kim McCoy Andrews (Central Missouri State University)
Address (Principal Author):Penny Kugler, Department of Economics and Finance, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093, (816) 543-8570
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Title: Graphical Analysis and the Visually Impaired in Undergraduate Economics Courses
Abstract: Shifting perceptions and legal mandates have increased the probability that instructors in postsecondary education will, at some point in their career, be faced with the challenge of teaching a disabled student. Because of their reliance on graphical analysis, undergraduate economics courses present a unique challenge to blind and visually impaired students. This paper provides instructors of these courses with some relatively simple techniques that allow the blind or visually impaired student to "see" the same diagrams presented to sighted students in the class. By implementing these techniques, an instructor can help the blind or visually impaired student to overcome the disadvantage they often face when confronted with graphical analysis in an undergraduate economics course.