Spatial Relations in Congenitally Blind Infants: A Study

The purpose of the study presented in this article was to determine whether a specially designed environment called the “Little Room” could give congenitally blind infants an early basis for developing an awareness of spatial relations. It was found that blindness is no impediment to the early development of this awareness as long as blind infants are given an environment that enables them to achieve a preunderstanding of the concept and permanence of objects and an awareness that they can produce object-based sounds.