Education and personality in relation to visual impairment. Visual impairment during the Coronavirus pandemic

Authors

  • Paula-Bianca Sandu University of Bucharest
  • Andreia-Mihaela Stancu University of Bucharest
  • Corina-Andreea Șerban University of Bucharest
  • Roberta-Nicoleta Vasile University of Bucharest
  • Alexandra-Maria Voicu University of Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56663/rop.v10i1.31

Keywords:

visual impairment, personality, education, COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

This article focuses on identifying the differences between the personality of people with visual impairments and people without such disabilities, identifying the influences of Covid-19 pandemic on people with visual impairments and understanding the possibilities of alleviating their difficulties.
We also intended to highlight the daily struggles of the visually impaired. During this difficult period -the pandemic - they went through a lot: they could not shop, they could not receive help from other people, because they had to keep their distance and they had to give up their jobs.

Author Biographies

Paula-Bianca Sandu, University of Bucharest

Student Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy

Andreia-Mihaela Stancu, University of Bucharest

Student Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy

Corina-Andreea Șerban, University of Bucharest

Student Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy

Roberta-Nicoleta Vasile, University of Bucharest

Student Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy

Alexandra-Maria Voicu, University of Bucharest

Student Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy

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20-07-2021

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Sandu, P.-B., Stancu, A.-M., Șerban, C.-A., Vasile, R.-N., & Voicu, A.-M. (2021). Education and personality in relation to visual impairment. Visual impairment during the Coronavirus pandemic. Review of Psychopedagogy, 10(1), 195–202. https://doi.org/10.56663/rop.v10i1.31

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): Review of Psychopedagogy

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