Prevalence of multiple disabilities in visual impairment children and adults

Abstract

According to the research records, a large number of children with different kind of disabilities have problems in visual perception. Frequency of problems in visual perception mostly increase with enhancement of the grade of primary retardation. According to the records of Blind union Serbia, in population of visual impairment adults with multiply disabilities, most prevalence disorder is dualsensor retardation. Frequency of multiple disabilities is higher among males than females. In Serbia currently lives 1359 multi disable visual impairment people. Mostly, visual impairment is combined with hearing impairment, moderate and severe mental retardation, and cerebral palsy.

Rezultati mnogobrojnih istraživanja pokazuju da je oštećenje vida skoro redovni pratilac drugih oblika ometenosti u razvoju. Najčešće, sa povećanjem stepena dominantne ometenosti raste i stepen gubitka vida. Prema podacima Saveza slepih, na teritoriji Srbije registrovano je 1359 osoba sa oštećenjem vida koje imaju još neki oblik ometenosti. U Srbiji, oštećenje vida najčešće je kombinovano sa oštećenjem sluha (kod 34.56% odraslih), različitim stepenom mentalne retardacije i cerebralnom paralizom. Kod muškaraca, višestruka ometenost je češća nego kod žena.