VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
Elliot Damon, SUNY Brockport, State University of New York,
edamo1@brockport.edu
Pamela Beach, Rochester Institute of Technology, psbchst@rit.edu
Muhammad Javad, University of Guilan, jazimi391@gmail.com
Lauren J. Lieberman, SUNY Brockport, State University of New
York, lieberman@brockport.edu
Abstract
Children and youth with deafblindness are less likely to participate in physical
activity and more likely to live sedentary lifestyles. Reduced activity contributes to
delayed motor development, lower motor competence, and poorer health-related
quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to review available research on physical
activity and motor competence in youth with deafblindness. Three databases—
Science Direct, Google Scholar, and PubMed—were searched with inclusion
criteria of children and adolescents (0–21 years) who were deaf or hard of hearing
and blind or visually impaired. Ten studies published in the past 20 years met the
Physical Activity and Motor
Competence in Youth with
Deafblindness: A Call to Action
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