rocking in children who are blind. Basing their research on the general idea that all blind

children rock, that this stereotypical idea should be abandoned, and that parents and teachers

regularly maintain that rocking disrupts "learning, getting jobs, fitting in socially, and being

viewed as "normal" (McHugh & Pyfer, 82)." Many perspectives have been noted, including but

not limited to, psychological, developmental, physiological, and behavioral.

In this study, the four individuals who participated needed to meet the following criteria:

"1) congenitally blind from ROP, with a visual status of light projection or less, 2) ages 6-18,

3)functioning cognitively within the average range or better, 4) ambulatory without assistive

be made that blindness interacts in compound ways with developmental and environmental

concluded that the researcher's involved did a thorough search of data and that all information

aspects of the individuals life, to create or obstruct the experience of rocking. It was also noted

maturity, control issues, and the use of energetic physical activity to reduce the need to rock.

numerous, early, lengthy hospital stays, multiple surgeries, and other medical obstacles.

Christiansen, J., Vogel, J.R. (1998). A Decision Model for Grading Students with Disabilities.

McHugh, E. & Pyfer, J. (1999). The Development of Rocking Among Children Who are

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