The Effects of Environmental Affordances on Perception of Vision and Balance in Children with Intellectual Disability

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of environmental affordances on Perception of vision and balance in children with intellectual disability. This was a quasi-experimental study. Target population included 175 children (6-9 years old) with intellectual disability living in Babol in 1396. Among them 50 children were conveniently recruited and randomly divided into two groups: experimental and control group (25 per each group). The experimental group went under a specific program including the environmental affordances, such as, facilities, training, and exercises focusing on motor skills development of children. The intervention lasted for 36 weeks, 3 sessions per week, and 30 to 45 minutes per session. Bruininks-Oseretsky Test and Perception of vision (TVPS) of Motor Proficiency was used to assess the motor skills development of participants. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the collected data. The results indicated that the environmental affordances were effective in improving motor skills such as the Perception of vision and balance (P0.05). The findings of this study showed that it is necessary to pay attention to the environment and environmental abilities and the use of suitable methods for increasing visual perception and balance of children with mental disorder and using the ability of the environment to recognize the skills of vision and balance in Children with mental disorders improved.