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Children with
autism and other special needs whose eyesight is normal
may still have problems with the visual-spatial abilities
that organize the visual world. For example, how objects
operate in relationship to our bodies and how patterns are
formed help us to make sense
of things. These abilities eventually lead to higher-level academic work
such as solving math problems or analyzing a text or
image.
Visual-spatial interventions are semi-structured
activities that involve helping a child to develop an
accurate sense of his or her body and how it moves through
the world, while simultaneously helping a child understand how
three-dimensional space is organized. These
skills help a child to develop the underpinnings of
higher-level logical thinking and reasoning.
 
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