[blindkid] I need help

[Carly B]

Hi Sonja,

Being Christmas morning I cannot write very much right now, but your
situation sounds very much like ours. My son was 5 and "had enough vision"
(so they said) and would never need Braille. I was also told that learning
Braille and print was too much. Long story short, he got Braille (after a
fight that the NFB fought on our behalf) and he is now 10 and a very
competent dual reader of Braille and print.

You can e-mail me offlist if you like and I can fill you in on what our
battle looked like, how we won it, and early IEPs.

Blessings, and Merry Christmas!

:) Carolynn aka Brian's mom

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:08 PM, sonya weatherly
<rannaichang79 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have a 5 years old son who is visual impairment . I will like him to
> learn braille and to use a cane. but the school he goes to said that he
> have too much vision to learn braille and he is not ready for the cane yet
> . he does have some delays in fine motors skills and speech but i now begin
> to understand that he need one. he goes to the Indiana school for the blind
> here in Indianapolis. i need help to get my son what he need. they said
> that he can't learn print and braille at the same time . is that true?
> please answer this post I really need help. I am also visual impairment .
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