- Abstract
Motor skills are an integral part of a child’s development. Motor skills begin their development immediately after birth. Cognitive development and motor skills develop in a cyclic manner. Movement spurs cognitive development and cognitive development causes further motor skill development. It is best to describe motor development as sensory-motor development since they totally integrated as well. When a child has very low vision or blindness at birth, the initial phases of motor development can be delayed as much as four months. If this loss of development is not minimized by proper early intervention, the deficit can follow the child through a lifetime. Motor control and its impact on all phases of development are becoming much better understood. Intervention techniques have been developed that can be used by professionals and caregivers to maximize the potential of a child that has low vision. With proper training, there are very few limitations that an individual with low vision will have to endure.