Visual impairment carries with 51 ability to travel through one's physical and social until adequate orientation and mobility skills have been established. Because observational skills are more limited, self-control within the immediate surroundings is limited. The visually impaired person is less able to anticipate 52 situations or obstacles to avoid.
Orientation refers to the 53 map one has of one's surroundings and to the relationship between self and that environment. It is best generated by moving through the environment and 54 together relationships, object by object, in an organized approach. With 55 visual feedback to reinforce this map, a visually impaired person must rely on memory for key landmarks and other clues, which enable visually impaired persons to 56 their position in space.
Mobility is the ability to travel safely and efficiently from one point to another within one's physical and social environment. Good orientation skills are necessary to good mobility skills. Once visually impaired students learn to travel safely as pedestrians, they also need to learn to use public transportation to become as 57 as possible.
To meet the 58 demands of the visually impaired person, there is a sequence instruction that begins during the preschool years and may continue after high schools. Many visually impaired children lack adequate concepts regarding time and space or objects and events in their environment. During the early years much attention is focused on the development of some fundamental 59 , such as inside or outside, in front of or behind, fast or slow, which are essential to safe, 60 travel through familiar and unfamiliar settings.