This study investigated the visual behaviors of 10 students with visual and additional impairments aged of 9–21 who were given a systematic structured program of planned visual stimulation. Although the program improved the students’ visual acuity scores, it did not produce changes in their visual behaviors (eye blink, visual fixation, shift of gaze, turning away from and reaching toward objects).
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