This article presents proactive strategies to help visually impaired children (those who are blind or have low vision) with neurodegenerative diseases deal with their challenging behaviors. These behaviors include general noncompliance, difficulty with changed or novel routines, difficulty maintaining physical movement, significant variations in affect, and intense tantrums and other types of emotional outbursts.
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