The podalic proprioception channel to increase motor skills in blind children: Operational applications

摘要

Most blind children, in particular those who have congenital blindness, require specific motor work programs to acquire autonomous movement. As highlighted by numerous scholars, orientation and mobility are acquired by blind children through gross motor activities such as playing. It is therefore essential that children with visual disabilities know their own bodies, topological concepts, lateralization, along with having auditory, tactile and olfactory skills as well as postural control. All this is made possible through the progressive increasing of their different skills, such as the coordination of their movements, discrimination of sounds, noises and smells, knowledge of the surrounding environment, as well as the ability to carry out sequences of movements and have the ability to move. This study aims to analyze the potential that podalic proprioception exercises can have on visually impaired subjects, by adopting a specific motor program that is used with able-bodied subjects, with the aim of demonstrating how the perceptual implications can also improve the quality of life of blind subjects.