[blindkid] Disneyland for four year old
Carol Castellano
carol_castellano at verizon.net
Wed Feb 27 22:11:12 UTC 2013
This will get better as Nate grows taller and his cane grows longer!
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.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
At 10:07 AM 2/27/2013, you wrote:
>Thank you to those who responded to my question about Disneyland.
>
>We took Nate there, and we all had a good time and it worked out
>really well. The day was long and we survived there until after dinner.
>
>Some of the rides that I thought were going to be the better ones
>were not necessarily so. He definitely liked the motion aspect of
>the rides. However, a lot of the rides were actually quite noisy,
>with sounds from one section blending into those from another, or
>just a lot of background noise. The rides he liked better were
>those with voices or a story that could be heard clearly, e.g. the
>Peter Pan ride. He also liked the kiddie roller coaster.
>
>This day at Disneyland was part of a week's vacation in
>California. We spent more time than we ever have with him walking
>around in crowds with his cane. We experienced more people bumping
>into the cane than we ever had. One time at a playground, a man
>rushed by him without noticing the cane, ran into the cane, which
>whipped it out of Nate's hand with some force and sent it flying
>several feet. All new things we are learning.
>
>Regards,
>Alison
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