[blindkid] 1st grader can't see the board

Dr. Denise M Robinson deniserob at gmail.com
Fri Aug 31 14:51:39 UTC 2012


Leah
Here is some of the best ways to make what you need happen--here are links
http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/seeing-distance
http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/help-low-vision-student-classroom

http://www.yourtechvision.com/content/attach-large-monitor-display-ipad-low-vision-students-see-how-use-ipad-school

Denise

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Leah Pratt Roberts
<hikingshoes at gmail.com>wrote:

> My son hasoptic nerve and eye muscle impairment, mild CP, and brain
> differences. Far vision 20/100 and 20/200. Near vision tests as good as
> 20/40 with a single letter - as we know here, reading is very different
> than looking at a single black letter on a white screen!
>
> In kindergarten it was a constant issue to get access to materials for him.
> We asked for a desk copy of everything posted on the walls, and desk copies
> of the picture books the teacher would read to the class each day, and it
> never happened over two years of asking. They would sometimes move him
> closer, but that also blocked access with his not having an upper field.
>
> Now he is in first grade, at a school that has been fabulous with his cp
> and brain issues, but they do not seem to get that he cannot see the
> materials. In May we agreed to reconvene in Sept for a technology ARD to
> work on this. The TVI made a suggestion about an older piece of equipment
> that stands over his desk and by her admission is huge and heavy. It
> sounds, sorry to be negative, awful. What I would like to be able to do is:
>
> 1. Have the overhead projector directly link to an iPad on his desk that
> shows the same view.
> 2. Have a way to transmit the image on the bulletin board (it's paper that
> the teacher writes on with marker; her room has no whiteboard) to an iPad
> on his desk.
>
> That would seem SO easy, but no one on the ARD committee had any idea how
> to make something like that happen. If I can come in with some options for
> magnification and transmission, I think they will happily adapt them. It's
> just that when they don't know what to do, they look helplessly at the TVI,
> and if she doesn't know what to do then we're sunk.
>
> He does have some Braille instruction but no Braille at all in the
> classroom...that is a whole other post though.
>
> When he got to class today, the teacher was writing on the board in a light
> color, and it looked like nothing was set up for him, beyond him being
> seated moderately close to the board.
>
> This child needs physical access to instructional materials at the same
> time as his classmates, not two years, a month, or a week after the fact.
> In this case, I would be happy to provide the iPad, cables, conversion
> boxes, etc.
>
> Leah
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