blindism

(blīnd′ĭzm)

A repetitive behavior observed in children and toddlers who are severely visually impaired. These may include repetitive rubbing or poking of the eyes or rhythmic movements of the chest or head.

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Though the normal development of children with visual impairment is not well known, blind children developing normally share many traits with sighted children with autism: echolalia, pronoun reversal, delay in the development of symbolic play, SIB, limited theory of mind and pretending play, and "blindism" (stereotyped, repetitive behaviours commonly observed among blind children) [16, 17].

Management of Severe Developmental Regression in an Autistic Child with a 1q21.3 Microdeletion and Self-Injurious Blindness

In the place of these bulwarks of "the new color blindism," Klinkner and Smith erect a three-part analysis of the halting state of racial progress in America.

The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America

These behaviors may be termed "blindisms," since they are explainable in the context of vision impairment.