The study on visually impaired children was carried out to know the adaptive behaviour of visually impairedchildren and to study the factors influencing adaptive behaviour of children during 2017-18. The sample for the studycomprised of 160 children in the age group of 10-19 years attending special schools in Hubballi and Belagavi cities. Thebackground information was collected by using self structured questionnaire and adaptive behaviour was assessed throughadaptive behaviour assessment system. The results revealed that majority of visually impaired children had average level ofadaptive behaviour skills such as conceptual, social and practical skills including overall adaptive behaviour. The factorssuch as onset of visual impairment and family size had significant influence on adaptive behaviour among children. Resultsalso indicated that congenital and adventitious blind children differed significantly in behaviour where in congenitally blindchildren had better adaptive skills in all dimensions of adaptive behaviour as compared to adventitious blind children.