This study reported the first results of the FIRD Project about the haptic versions of the Test of Divergent Thinking and of the Colored Progressive Matrices for blind and visually impaired participants. Performance reached by three male adolescents, one born blind, one visually impaired from birth, and one born sighted and then become blind were analyzed. High levels of difficulty were mostly noted in the born blind adolescent both in relation to creative abilities and logical-spatial skills, while good performance was obtained by adolescent who became blind.
KeywordsCreativityLogical-Spatial SkillsBlind and Visual Impaired AdolescentsFIRD Project
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