"For well-developed orientation and mobility skills, education should begin early" (Hart, 1980). The following article, an extract from a project undertaken at the RNIB National Mobility Centre, Birmingham, considers the Roamer as a useful means of helping visually impaired children's early understanding o f space.
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Gay, P. (1989), Tactile Turtle: explorations in space with visually impaired children and a floor turtle, The British Journal of Visual Impairment, V11, 1, 23-25.
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Hart, V. (1980), Environmental Orientation and Human Mobility , in Welsh, R.L. and Blasch, B.B. (Eds.) Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, American Foundation for the Blind, New York.
