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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eric:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Before we can proceed further, we ought to come up with a lucid and exact definition of “spatial perception challenge”. Do we mean the inability to easily perceive or, rather, understand certain spatial concepts? Does it include those (both sighted and blind) who are “directionally challenged”, i.e., can’t find their way around a locale? How is this differentiated from, say, challenges like those of people who seem not to be able to do fractions or grasp geometry or play a musical instrument or speak a foreign language … you get the idea. Put another way, how do we differentiate spatial challenges from the mere lack of a particular nack?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And I’m not talking about organic problems such as are outlined in “the Man Who Mistook His wife for a Hat”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>DrV<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pibe-division] Spatial Perceptual Challenges & Blindness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1217 style='width:912.75pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><div><div><div><div style='border:solid #EFEFEF 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #E2E2E2 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;border-top-left-radius: 7px 7px;border-top-right-radius: 7px 7px;border-bottom-right-radius: 7px 7px;border-bottom-left-radius: 7px 7px'><div style='border:solid #BCBCBC 1.0pt;padding:2.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-top-left-radius: 7px 7px;border-top-right-radius: 7px 7px;border-bottom-right-radius: 7px 7px;border-bottom-left-radius: 7px 7px'><div><div id=":1sb"><div><div><div style='margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;z-index:2' id=":1sd"><div id=":1sc"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>I have heard that Spatial Perceptual Challenges are seen in a subgroup of the blind population.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Is there any research data on how many individuals who are blind have Spatial Perceptual Challenges?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Are there any statistics on how many sighted folks fall into the category of “Spatial Perception Challenged”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Does anyone have any references?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>If there is no hard data, then based on experience, could you give your best estimation on the prevalence of Spatial Perceptual Challenges?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Has anything new been published on how to approach O&M in individuals who are "Spatial Perception-Challenged"?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Eric V<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>