Psychology, 2020, 11, 404-418 https://www.scirp.org/journal/psych ISSN Online: 2152-7199 ISSN Print: 2152-7180 Creativity and Logical-Spatial Skills in Blind and Visual Impaired Adolescents. First Results of the FIRD Project Maria Elvira De Caroli * , Elisabetta Sagone , Rossella Falanga, Licciardello Orazio Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy Abstract This study reported the first results of the FIRD Project about the haptic ver- sions of the Test of Divergent Thinking and of the Colored Progressive Ma- trices for blind and visually impaired participants. Performance reached by three male adolescents, one born blind, one visually impaired from birth, and one born sighted and then become blind were analyzed. High levels of diffi- culty were mostly noted in the born blind adolescent both in relation to crea- tive abilities and logical-spatial skills, while good performance was obtained by adolescent who became blind. Keywords Creativity, Logical-Spatial Skills, Blind and Visual Impaired Adolescents, FIRD Project 1. Introduction For many years now scholars agree on the importance of creativity which, in a world in which resources are increasingly being reduced, seems to be the only theoretically infinite resource that humanity will have at its disposal to solve the ever more complex problems that characterize our current existence. The central relevance of divergent ability, demonstrated by the many scientific discoveries that took place through serendipity (Mednick, 1962), has made it necessary to understand the nature of this process which has often assumed very different meanings on the basis of the various theoretical models. The model that pro- vides more articulated answers and measures seems to be the factorial one. In this perspective, creative thinking is made up of specific and equally important factors useful for achieving functional solutions especially in situations characte- How to cite this paper: De Caroli, M. E., Sagone, E., Falanga, R., & Orazio, L. (2020). Creativity and Logical-Spatial Skills in Blind and Visual Impaired Adolescents. First Re- sults of the FIRD Project. Psychology, 11, 404-418. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2020.113026 Received: February 6, 2020 Accepted: March 13, 2020 Published: March 16, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access DOI: 10.4236/psych.2020.113026 Mar. 16, 2020 404 Psychology