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Interactions between blind parents and their young children
Author(s) -
COLLIS GLYN M.,
BRYANT CHRISTINA A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1981.tb00819.x
Subject(s) - blindness , developmental psychology , psychology , interpersonal interaction , medicine , optometry
Summary Observations on four families with blind parents and young sighted children showed that relations between the children and their parents were remarkably little affected by the parents' handicap. Many of the characteristics of normal parent‐child interaction, both verbal and non‐verbal, seem to be readily adaptable to the special circumstances of blindness. Thus, it appeared that the parents were well able to participate in various kinds of social exchange, some of which had a seemingly strong visual element.