Patricia Lemer, author of Envisioning a Bright Future and Executive Director of Developmental Delay Resources, talks about how motor and vision develop in conjunction with each other in a 4 stage developmental process: 1. The Motor Stage – At first, the baby is simply a motor being. Many motor movements are driven by reflexive actions until the baby learns to take control. 2. The Motor-Visual Stage – In its early years, the motor system drives vision. The eyes go along for the ride, rather than directing the motor movement. 3. The Visual-Motor Stage – Now is the time when vision guides movement, an enormous developmental jump. To reach this step successfully, the body must know where it is in space and move automatically. Many with autism never get this far. Kids with autism who have organizational difficulties are usually “lost in space” as a result of underlying visual dysfunction. 4. The Vision Stage – This stage requires moving concepts and ideas around in the mind’s eye without actually moving the body in space. Well-functioning individuals store all types of sensory images and can visualize and retrieve them upon demand. They no longer need to touch and move to experience their world. Vision directs their thinking, organization, listening and actions and becomes the dominant sense.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:31:41 +0000
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