Identifying Mobility Visual Impairment
Wall collisions
Directionless walking
Age 22 months- walks in circles, quite no language
Unsteady, poor gait
Age 49 months
Walking at home without a mobility tool.
Age 8 years
Walking at home without a mobility tool.
Age 2 years
Walking at school without a mobility tool.
Age 2 years
Walking at school without a mobility tool.
Behaviors indicate mobility visual impairment
1. A fear of moving when physically able to bear weight.
2. A preference to hold on to an object or person to move across open space long after fifteen months of age.
3. Poor gross motor skills such as:
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delayed or poor gait, slow pace, and/or unbalanced posture
4. Anxiety when walking including:
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self-created taut extremities (hands like fists)
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self-injurious hand rubbing, poking face (eyes, ears)
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lack of walking, asks to be picked up and carried (hypotonia)
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preference to push objects (chairs, toys) to cross space
His hands are held in high guard position. He walks 9 steps in 14 seconds. His fastest was 1.5 steps/sec.
Children his age should walk 3.2 steps/sec
Age 2 years
Walking at home without a mobility tool.
Age 3 years, moving about in slow circles. Poor gait, short duration-wants to return to sitting.
Anxiety
Age 3 years, being asked to leave the couch.
Age 5 years, being asked to cross open space without assistance.
Age 2 years, being asked to walk with assistance.
Scooting age three
Playing at home.
Still cruising above one -year-old
At twenty-eight months old, Evan continues to use cruising as his primary means of walking.
With lots of prompts, Reeti walks in contact with a wall.
This is not "trailing".
Crawling above the age of one year
Difficulty with stairs
Walks with assistance
Stationary play
