Habilitation and rehabilitation of visually impaired and blind children.
Important neurological, developmental and cognitive differences exist between the visually impaired and the sighted. Unless parents, health professionals, educators and other caregivers understand the differences, serious problems may arise. Certain aspects of development in visually impaired children have consequences for habilitation and rehabilitation.
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Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Sykanda
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Groenveld
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D001766:Blindness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*