A importancia da estimulação precoce em crianças com deficiencia visual

Abstract

Visual deficiency is one that can occur from the moment of birth or immediate period, with Macular Macorrheralis, Ocular Atrophy, Congenital Cataracts and Retinitis Pigmentosa, Glaucoma and Retinopathy of Prematurity. Vision is responsible for stimuli driven to the brain, 85% of which is for learning mobility and locomotion. A visually impaired child is at increased risk of impairment in neuropsychomotor development. The objective of this article is to show a bibliographical survey about the importance of the physiotherapeutic intervention and an early estimation contribution early for visually impaired children. The contribution of physical therapy to the development of the visually impaired child, using studies, indicates that physical therapy does contribute to the neuropsychomotor development of the child with visual impairment, through previous estimation of the remaining senses such as tactile, auditory, proprioceptive and cenesthetic. This fact prompts a child to develop their body awareness, balance, motor coordination, gait correction and postural. It is concluded that physiotherapy contributes to the independence of this visually impaired child, with neuropsychomotor development appropriate for the age, improvement in the quality of life and in their daily life activity (ADLs).