Physical Fitness of Blind and Visually Impaired Detroit Public School Children

In a preliminary study on the relationship between visual handicap and physical fitness, the Kraus-Weber Minimum Physical Fitness Test for children was administered to 111 normally sighted, partially sighted, and blind students in the Detroit public schools. Whereas 95 percent of the normally sighted children and 84 percent of the partially sighted children passed the test, only 46 percent of the blind students did so. Suggestions for preventing or correcting this secondary disability are offered.