Follows a blind and a sighted child through the sensori-motor period during the first year of life in an attempt to answer the following questions. How is this crucial period affected when one of the major senses is lacking? What are the pathways of progress for the blind infant? What are the limits set by his handicap?
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320264
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Perceptual-motor learning
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Infants - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blind orientation and mobility
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infants - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perceptual-motor learning
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)