What is it about?
The article gives the parents and the professionals that work with blind children who seem to lack basic orientation skills even after years of standard and routine training for orientation, some practical ideas and strategies for training of orientation skills. the guidelines are clear and the procedures are sequential. Thus, the professionals can make a followup for their work and modify the procedures in a differential way for each child..
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Why is it important?
Te article is important because it creates practical foundations for the professional for training and practice of the orientation and mobility skills in a sequential order and in a standardized way. The ideas and strategies proposed in this article are focusing on those children who seem to lack basic orientation skills even after years of training and instruction.
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This article is expected to become one of the main sources for the professional around the world for practicing M&O skills in different age-groups of people with blindness and disorientation. implementation of the proposed strategies in this article should be investigated in older people too.
Waleed jarjoura
Arab American University
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This page is a summary of: Disorientation and loss of wayfinding in individuals with congenital blindness and other affecting comorbidities, British Journal of Visual Impairment, July 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0264619619861653.
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