Cutlery Design Development to Support Independence for Low Vision Ages 2-6 Years Old

• Main Author: Sekarsari Arum Paramitra, Mita
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39315
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

In the first 12 years of a child's life, as much as 80% of information is obtained through vision. Age 0-5 years is the age of the development stage, or often referred to as the golden age. This is age is the most important time to optimize growth and development both cognitively, motorically, language, and socially emotional. Beware children (normal), generally at this stage experience observational learning (incidental learning) or the stage where children learn through observation. However, children with low vison disabilities cannot pass this period well. Low vision is a vision condition that is still having difficulty seeing even though they have used glasses or are not helped by glasses. In their lives, parents often worry that their children cannot live independently, but are also worried about the potential dangers that exist. Not infrequently they limit children's activities and spoil them too much. So that children often experience developmental delays, especially in terms of independence of daily activities. This study uses a qualitative method, with interview, observation, and user test techniques. Samples were taken from 3 low vision children aged 2-6 years and their parents. In addition, the study took literature data, consulting to Wyata Guna Low Vision Early Services in Bandung. From the data found in the field, this study focuses on the development of cutlery products, especially texture as a parent tool to train the independence of low vision children while eating.