ABSTRACT
Some children with physical disabilities may have a normal rate of intellectual development whereas others may develop more slowly or at least more slowly in areas where their physical disability is an obvious handicap. Whereas some of these children have no difficulties with drawing, others do simply because they cannot manipulate the pencil or crayon with the same ease as able-bodied children, and yet others may make slower progress with drawing along with other skills. There is actually little research on the drawings produced by children with physical disabilities. I shall describe some examples from Amelia Fysh’s collection, although with such a small sample covering a wide range of disabilities it is difficult to make any generalized comments.
