Totally blind, visually impaired, and normally sighted children were asked to determine whether an observer could see the front or back of a toy better from her position and to make it so the observer could do so. The totally blind children were older than the other children when they mastered the tasks, made the highest percentage of errors before mastery, and made different errors.
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