[blindkid] One good eye

[Marie]

Sorry that I am late chiming in. We are in AL. Back when we believed that Jack had 20/50 vision in his right eye, we had consult support only. Basically, at our request, they did a functional vision assessment and added a TVI to the team BUT that TVI did very little and unfortunately continued to do little after we learned that Jack's vision was worse than it is. I think this is one of those situations where the parents should ask for support but, in the meantime, read everything they can get their hands on and start doing stuff on their own.
We supposedly had the TVI support but basically did stuff ourselves.

Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his own way at his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Castellano <blindchildren at verizon.net>
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:08:19 
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,\(for parents of blind children\)<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] One good eye

Thanks, Eileen, I would appreciate it.

At 05:53 AM 6/25/2010, you wrote:
>Carol,
>Yes, I have had this situation over the years in NJ where a student would
>benefit from some support/strategies but were denied as they had one "good"
>eye.  At the same time I knew some TVI's in PA giving support to students
>with the  same situation, just across the river. I will try to reach them and
>find out the  details.
>Eileen
>
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:24:22 -0400
>From: Carol Castellano  <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
>To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>Subject:  [blindkid] one good eye
>Message-ID:  <339718.79221.qm at smtp103.vzn.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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>
>Hi All,
>
>I am trying  to find out if kids with one good eye and one blind eye
>are ever provided  special ed services.  It seems that in NJ they are
>not, but I've had  several calls lately from families whose child is
>in this  situation.
>
>If anyone can point me in the right direction for info, I'd  appreciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>cArol
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Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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