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How the approach of guiding the hands of the visually impaired child can disturb his opportunity to build up strategies for tactile orientation

When a sighted person wants to show an object or an environment to a child or an adult who is visually impaired, the sighted person often uses the approach of guiding the child's or the adult's hands over the surface of the object or from one specific spot in the environment to another.

The person who is visually impaired seems to dislike being exposed to this approach. Even the infant who is blind reacts with disappointment or by withdrawing his hands. Is this reaction just an emotional protest or should it rather be seen as the child trying to protect his cognitive abilities?

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