Stereotyped Movements among Children who are Visually Impaired

Assisting people who are visually impaired

Assisting people who are visually impaired

Haptic Assistive Technology for Individuals who are Visually Impaired

NEW, effective methods of non-visual communication are needed for individuals who are blind or visually impaired in the modern world. Areas of relevance include tasks performed in the workplace, in educational settings, in the pursuit of leisure activities, in daily living, and navigating indoor and outdoor spaces. Providing an equivalent of what can be seen through an alternate sensory channel...

Development - Emotional Status and Development in Children Who Are Visually Impaired - August 2005

This study examined the developmental attainments of children with visual impairments, aged 6–59 months, with and without emotional deficits, behavioral deficits, or both. It found that an emotional or behavioral deficit was significantly related to gross motor and visual motor integration, expressive and receptive language, and social or personal development, and that there was an interaction ...

Stereotyped movements in a group of autistic children.

The authors studied the stereotyped movements presented by a group of 20 autistic children, evaluating the patient observation protocols according to a psychodynamic model of autism. The stereotyped movements were analysed considering ten different parameters: type, site, morphology, frequency, association, complexity, active sensory channel, trigger event, affect during stereotyped movement, a...