119 totally blind and 81 legally blind children were observed for perceptual problems in learning to read and write. Error patterns analogous to those found in sighted ‘dyslexic’ children were observed in about 15% of both groups. These legally blind children with perceptual deficits were first taught to read and write by sighted methods before learning Braille. A child had similar errors when learning to read or write Braille and when learning by the traditional sighted method.
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