FUNCTIONAL INTERIORS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 4(2+2)

Lesson 21 : Housing Environment for Special Needs - Visually Impaired

Classification of the Blind

1. Blind by Birth


• They perceive through other senses very well
• They do not have sense of colour
• They cope relatively better with blindness


2. Blind as a result of accident


• They to relate the present with their percepts of past from memory
• It takes a lot of time & patience of his to adjust to the circumstances of reality


3. Blindness by ageing


• They adjust faster to the problems by loss of sight as it is gradual and gives sufficient time to adjust


4. Partially blind


• They are by for better placed to tackle the problems they face, can identify certain colour & moving objects