[blindkid] A question.

Carol Castellano blindchildren at verizon.net
Mon Jul 26 01:12:58 UTC 2010


Love the way you put it, Marie.  I keep thinking the "functional 
vision assessment" should be replaced by something called a 
"functional skills assessment."
Carol

At 11:36 AM 7/23/2010, you wrote:
>Put a cane in your kiddo's hand.....
>
>visually impaired--even if your child has some vision, listen to people who
>are blind tell you how they get things done. Those techniques may be needed
>by your child too.
>
>visually impaired--using their vision as much as possible sounds good but
>really why does a visually impaired child need to do things the hard way
>when there are adapted techniques available that help them to be more
>functional?
>
>Marie (mother of Jack, born May 2005)
>Check out our blog at http://www.allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com for
>glimpses into our busy life with a boy who is busy growing and developing in
>his own way in his own time
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Melissa Green
>Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:37 AM
>To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
>Subject: [blindkid] A question.
>
>What advice would you give to parens with a blind child?
>If you are a parent, what advice or information do you wish people had given
>you?
>I was asked this question as a blind adult.  So thought I would put this out
>there and see if I am on the right track or not.
>Your anser can be two word, or two sentences, or even a paragraph.
>I am just curious.  I thought that it would be a good topic for discussion.
>Melissa Green
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Carol Castellano
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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