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This study aimed to collect the information of visually impaired children on the ability of personal hygiene on menstrual cycle. 6 visually impaired children were participated in this study. This study used qualitative study in order to explore the several themes related to personal hygiene on menstrual cycle. The data were collected by in depth interview recorded using recorder. Study findings showed that the visually impaired children experience several important facts that contribute to their self hygiene behavior on menstrual cycle. There were five themes obtained in this study. First, lack of knowledge. The theme was represented by the majority of the participant answered incorrectly on the definition of menstruation and the origin of menstrual blood. The second theme was menstruation and beliefs. The majority of participants answered that they afraid to wash their hair on menstrual cycle. The third theme was discomfort. This theme was represented by participants statement of discomfort feeling when delay in changing menstrual pad. The forth theme was emotional. The majority of the participant stated that they aclnowledge their menstrual pad was clean by feeling. The fifth theme was social environment. The majority of the participant obtain the knowledge on menstruation and how to clean menstrual pad from the teacher. Thus, the findings above explain that the visually impaired children still experiencing the disadvantaging issues namely psychosocial and physical problems. The negative feelings such as fear was the everyday obstacles. Myth and beliefs related to mentruation were also identified on this study. The emotional responses expressed by the statement that relying on feeling in conducting self hygiene on menstrual cycle were also identified. The findings from this study were expected to become the source of information in order to develop the psychosocial support to visually impaired children on maintaining their reproduction health.