[blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice

[DrV]

Hi Everyone,

Vejas participated as part of his Middle School Team in our regional Science 
Olympiad

http://soinc.org/short_event_descriptions#write.

He did the trajectory with his friend & they did well. He & his team are 
moving on to the State Finals in April :-)

My question is that most of the events seem pretty visually oriented & not 
particularly accessible, at least from what I raed on them.

I did not have a chance to actually see most of the events as they were 
scattered around the university campus.

Have any of you kids or students participated in the Science Olympiad & if 
so do you have any pearls of advice?

Is there another event that you might suggest as well that would be 
accessible to a blind studnet?



As a side note, we discovered a new creative use for the NFB cane. When we 
got there, it turns out that to launch the catapult, the participants' whole 
body had to be behind the boxed off area. Since their catapult, like a 
number of others, had a side release that presented a bit of a problem. On 
the spot creative solution: as the launching pin was attached to a string, 
they tied that to the end of Vejas long white cane. Fortunately the cane was 
long enough that he could knee behind the boxed off area & then snap his 
cane to the right, pulling out the pin -> they hit the targets on each of 
the allotted 4 tries :-)



I look forward to any insights you may have to offer.

Thanks in advance,

Eric V