[blindkid] Street crossing

Carol Castellano carol_castellano at verizon.net
Fri May 18 13:06:08 UTC 2012


Oh, GOOD idea, Penny!  We'll have to put that on the agenda!!!
Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

At 01:12 AM 5/18/2012, you wrote:
>This is the best discussion ever :) Thank you everyone.
>
>I think we need to have a workshop titled "Why incasing your child (blind
>or sighted) in bubble wrap isn't going to keep them safe"
>
>Abby has some classmates that are still walked to the classroom every
>single day. They are 8. Abby is the only blind child at her school.
>Learning independence is an important part of childhood.
>
>-Penny
>  On May 17, 2012 11:50 PM, "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Right on. And at the risk of sounding cliche, Will a blind kid get a
> > bus stopping in front of his house to take him to college? How about
> > grad school? Or a job?
> > Arielle
> >
> > On 5/17/12, Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > Chantel,
> > >
> > > Glad you shared this story.  Virtually every time we or the school is
> > > ready to provide an accommodation, there is a skill that the child
> > > can learn instead that would take care of the situation.
> > >
> > > Carol
> > >
> > > Carol Castellano
> > > President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> > > Director of Programs
> > > National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> > > 973-377-0976
> > > carol_castellano at verizon.net
> > > www.blindchildren.org
> > > www.nopbc.org
> > >
> > > At 03:16 PM 5/17/2012, you wrote:
> > >>Drake is finishing 2nd grade and this year he had the goal of being
> > >>able to  safely  cross a low traffic residential street.   He is
> > >>able to do it 75% of the time - he indicates when it is safe and of
> > >>course his O&M instructor doesn't let him cross if a car is coming -
> > >>so we are continuing with this goal.  Once he accomplished the goal,
> > >>we will change it to crossing high traffic residential street.
> > >>
> > >>My sighted daughter began middle school this year and has to walk
> > >>two blocks and cross two high traffic residential streets to get to
> > >>the bus stop.  Drake who just finished 2nd grade began expressing
> > >>concern about how he was going to find the bus stop and find his
> > >>house when it came his turn to ride the bus to middle school.  I
> > >>assured him that his O&M instructor would teach him the skills so he
> > >>could do it.
> > >>
> > >>Although I told Drake he would ready to independently walk to/from
> > >>the bus stop I didn't believe it.  His concerns got me thinking how
> > >>I would argue the district must accommodate Drake by having the bus
> > >>stop in front of our house.  I would refuse the special education
> > >>bus because the travel time on the regular education bus is
> > >>important social time with his friends so they would simply have to
> > >>make our house his bus stop.
> > >>
> > >>But then it dawned on me I was preparing for the WRONG
> > >>fight.  Instead of worrying about the school accommodating him I
> > >>should be focused on ensuring my blind child can independently walk
> > >>to the bus stop.   I realized I need to make sure his O&M instructor
> > >>is teaching him the proper techniques so when the time comes for him
> > >>to walk to the middle school bus stop he will be able to do so just
> > >>as his sighted peers are able and expected to do so.   It really
> > >>brought home how important good O&M training is to our kids.
> > >>
> > >>Chantel
> > >>
> > >>Chantel L. Alberhasky, Esq
> > >>419 Boonville Avenue
> > >>Springfield, MO 65806
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> > >>  >> street crossings I needed to do for this route were merely
> > >> residential
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