[blindkid] I need help

[Jessica Rolando]

Your son is most certainly ready for a cane, my son has had his since he was 3yo. His skills now at 6yo are very advanced, estimated as even twice  his age. The confidence and information that a cane imparts is invaluable. As to braille, unless he can see enough to ALWAYS, not just now,  maintain the same reading level of his non-vi counterparts, braille is the way to go. only with braille can he meet or exceed the same reading standards as non-vi. Again the earlier the better I think. 

Jessica Rolando
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-----Original Message-----
From: sonya weatherly <rannaichang79 at gmail.com>
To: blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 8:09 pm
Subject: [blindkid] I need help


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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