This child can: participation in sport for children with vision impairment
All children benefit from access to sports, exercise and leisure. It is important not just for physical health, but also for emotional wellbeing and social connectivity. Vision impairment refers to a bilateral uncorrectable reduction in vision and is experienced by 1 in 1000 young people under the age of 16 in the UK. Many children with vision impairment experience barriers in their access to sport and exercise, and a traditional medical model of disability would associate these barriers with the pathology of ophthalmological disease.
Source: Paediatrics and Child Health - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sarah Holton Tags: Symposium: special educational needs and disability Source Type: research
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