1 Lethbridge-Layton Mackay Rehabilitation Centre, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, Lead for Disability Accommodations at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. info@moirestevenson.com.
2 Doctoral Candidate, School/Applied Child Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

There is a higher incidence of diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children with visual impairment and blindness (VIB) than in typically sighted children. However, we currently lack appropriate assessment measures to fully understand the neurodevelopment of children with VIB. Numerous factors, such as common characteristics between children with VIB and ASD and the reliance of visual behaviours in assessments of ASD, complicate the clinical and diagnostic understanding of these children....