Problems in the Construction of Reality in Congenitally Blind Children.

Santin, Sylvia; Simmons, Joyce Nesker

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ERIC Number: EJ181589

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Publication Date: 1977

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Problems in the Construction of Reality in Congenitally Blind Children

Santin, Sylvia; Simmons, Joyce Nesker

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 71, 10, 425-9, Dec 77

The paper argues the position that, given different sensory equipment, and therefore a different data base, the congenitally blind child necessarily develops and organizes his perceptions of the world in an intrinsically different way from the sighted. (Author)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Sensory Experience, Social Development, Visual Impairments

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