[blindkid] Independence Day
Carol Castellano
blindchildren at verizon.net
Sun Jul 18 01:41:47 UTC 2010
What a wonderful trip and a wonderful story! Love the clicker idea.
Carol
Carol Castellano
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org
At 10:24 AM 7/16/2010, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
> We are almost three weeks into our around the country RV trip. We have
>been to Quebec Province, down through Ontario, into Niagara Falls New York
>and are presently spending the weekend with cousins in Mayville New york.
>Our boys turn 4 tomorrow. Wonder where the time went.
>
> What I really wanted to share was Vinnie's continuing push, ours and
>his, for independence. Vinnie has been to many new places and environments
>to orient to on our journey, which has been a plus to see him explore and
>use his cane more efficiently. Like anything, there has to be a reason in
>order to want to achieve something. He asked me to, "let go my hand", and
>proceeded to walk by himself. Generally he wants to hold my finger in new
>places especially, so this was exciting. He is also orienting better to the
>sounds of our family and able to stray a ways, supervised of course, and
>come back on his own. He orients quite well to the clicker we started using
>a couple of months ago, so I don't have to constantly talk to keep him on
>track when out walking or in a crowd. Our boy is growing up!
>
> Have a great weekend all.
>
>Blessings from Mayville New York,
>Sue H.
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