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Identifying Mobility Visual Impairment

 

Mobility visual impairment is defined as: Responds to visual stimuli, but the result of the severity of the visual impairment means they inability to visually avoid collisions (Ambrose-Zaken, 2022).

Wall Collisions

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Wall Collisions

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Directionless walking

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Directionless walking

Age 22 months- walks in circles, quite no language

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 49 months
Walking at home without a mobility tool.

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 8 years
Walking at home without a mobility tool.

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 2 years
Walking at school without a mobility tool.

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 2 years
Walking at school without a mobility tool.

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 2 years
Walking at home without a mobility tool.

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 34 months, 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

Unsteady, poor gait

Age 2 years
Walking at school without a mobility tool. Her hands are held up high. She walks 19 steps in 22 seconds. Her pace with verbal prompting was .89 steps/sec.
Children her age should walk 3.2 steps/sec without any prompts

Unsteady, poor gait

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.

Anxiety

Age 5 years, being asked to cross open space without assistance.

Anxiety

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Anxiety

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Anxiety

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Anxiety

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Anxiety

Age 2 years, being asked to walk with assistance.

Scooting age three

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Scooting age three

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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.

Still cruising above one -year-old

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Still cruising above one -year-old

With lots of prompts, Reeti walks in contact with a wall.
This is not "trailing".

Crawling above the age of one year

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Difficulty With Stairs

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Difficulty With Stairs

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Difficulty With Stairs

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Difficulty With Stairs

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Difficulty With Stairs

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Stationery Play

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Not Walking for almost Two Years

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