A Comparative Study of Body Image of Visually Impaired Adolescent in Rajasthan State

Vision disability implies that an individual’s vision can’t be revised to a “normal” level. Vision disability might be brought about by a deficiency of visual sharpness, where the eye doesn’t see objects as obviously to no one’s surprise. The present study was conducted to study the Body Image of Visually Impaired Adolescents in Rajasthan. Convenient random sampling method was used for collection of data. The sample of 150 blind adolescents (age group of 12-14 and 15-17 yrs.) selected from five blind schools of five districts of Rajasthan state. From each blind school 30 blind adolescents were selected. A standardized questionnaire of body image was used to measure the body image of blinds in different areas. The findings showed that there is significant difference between body image of visually impaired children and age of 12 to 14 years have better body image in comparison to visually impaired children having age of 15 to 17 years.