Survey of Pupils in Schools for the Blind and Special Classes for the Visually Impaired in Japan

1996年，日本进行了第六次视力受损学生五年期调查。通过问卷调查，收集了4，537名盲校学生和233名普通学校特殊班学生的数据，包括他们的额外障碍，视力，眼睛状况和教育媒体和辅助工具，为探讨视障学童教育的发展方向，本研究发现视障学童的实际人数有明显的下降趋势，其他残疾，以及除视力障碍外患有多种残疾的学生比例有所下降。同样，教育环境和课程也发生了重大变化，以科普人口不断变化的需求。

The sixth quinquennial survey of visually impaired pupils in Japan took place in 1996. By using a questionnaire, data were collected from 4,537 pupils in schools for the blind and 233 pupils in special classes in mainstream schools about their additional impairments, visual acuities, eye conditions and educational media and aids, in order to explore the direction of educational provision for the pupils with visual impairment.A clear trend appears be tn a decrease in actual numbers of those pupils with no additional disabilities and an in nc rease of proportions of pupils with multiple disabilities in addition to their visual impairment. Similarly there is a significant change in educational settings and curriculum to cope with the changing needs of the populations.