Drawing in the Dark: Limitations in Building Pictorial Representations by Adventitiously Blind Students

Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to investigate the factors contributing to the limitations in producing pictorial representations by adventitiously blind students.

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore and assess the extent of limitations and underlying factors contributing to the constraints in generating pictorial representations by adventitiously blind students.

Method: This research employed a qualitative and observational approach, involving a single adventitiously blind subject from a special school in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The subject was selected based on predetermined criteria: being an adventitiously blind male student in the ninth grade with an average math report score above 80. Data collection began with the subject completing a math task followed by a semi-structured in-depth interview. All subject activities were audiovisually recorded and subsequently analyzed.

Results: Several limitations were identified in generating pictorial representations by adventitiously blind students.

Conclusion: Adventitiously blind students possess a fundamental ability to build pictorial representations of rectangular shapes, but with constraints in accurately measuring line lengths, representing angles, and perspective.

Contribution: There exists an information gap regarding limitations in generating pictorial representations by adventitiously blind students. This study aims to address this gap and provide insights into such limitations.