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Independence is emphasized in much of the literature concerning young children who are blind.
It has often been observed that many children with visual impairments, especially those with additional impairments, are much more passive than their sighted peers. They seem to think of themselves not as a doer but as one who must wait for assistance or a prompt. The child has little information to make the connections of how and why things are appearing and disappearing within their world. The adult holds the back of the child's hand and the child is guided to the objects to be explored and guided through the motions of the activity to be learned. Some have begun to question and reject this method.