The aim of this study was to analyze mother-
child communication and the construction of body image
in children with congenital blindness. Children with
congenital blindness have difficulties establishing
satisfactory interactions with their mothers because the
lack of visual contact disturbs the communication that
can be established between mother and child. Similarly,
these disturbed early interactions often go hand in hand
with behavioral and developmental abnormalities. It is
therefore necessary for the mother to organize herself
psychologically to cope with this situation in order to
facilitate the construction of the child's body image and
personal identity. Simple linear regression analysis of
our sample of 6 congenitally blind children using the
attachment inventory and self-esteem tests showed that
communication has a positive and significant effect on
the general construction of body image, meaning that the
quality of mother-child communication contributes to
the construction of body image in congenitally blind
children. This result shows the need to take care of the
mother-child as soon as the diagnosis of blindness is
announced, given the psychological suffering of the
mother confronted with her child's congenital blindness.
Keywords : Communication, Body Image, Congenital Blindness, Self-Esteem.