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beneficial. Children who are deafblind might have communication barriers
therefore, it is important to provide them with a trusted person who can understand
their needs (Lane et al., 2020).
Associations between the home environment and children with and without
CHARGE syndrome were found (Beach, et al., 2021). While associations were
found for both populations, the home environments of the children without
CHARGE syndrome had more affordances (toys, space to play, etc.) than the
homes with children with CHARGE syndrome. The children without CHARGE
syndrome had more toys and space to play therefore they had more opportunity to
develop their motor skills at home. Parents play a major role in the home
environment and development of motor skills of their children. More research
examining the households of children with deafblindness and their motor
competence is needed to understand the importance of the home environment on
the children's motor abilities.
Youth with deafblindness independently walk later than the group of
children without deafblindness by around two years (Beach et al., 2021; Haibach-
Beach et al., 2019; Haibach-Beach et al., 2020; Perreault et al., 2020; Perreault et
al., 2021). There was also a strong correlation between the age of independent
walking, and performance on locomotor skills and ball skills (throwing, kicking,
etc.; Haibach-Beach et al., 2019; Haibach-Beach et al., 2020; Perreault et al., 2020;
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