Attitudes Toward Everyday Odors for Children with Visual Impairments: A Pilot Study.

The article presents information on a pilot study which investigated the self-reported awareness and reactivity to odors of children with visual impairments and sighted children. The study population of six boys and two girls with visual impairments, aged 8 to 11, recruited from a specialized center in Dijon, France, and eight sighted children recruited from leisure centers, were asked to answer a 26-item questionnaire. Presented in details are the findings of the study. It explains the reasons behind the differences between the sighted children and visually impaired children when it comes to items associated with social odors of self and others.