[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Looking for some Input on Teaching Braille to a Low Vision Student

[Susan Jolly]

It sounds like an extremely difficult situation to deal with.

 It might be helpful to try to understand why the parents have the misguided beliefs that they do. It could be just some unique thing about them.  If so might be that a social worker could help them understand that their daughter would be more helpful if she had better  blindness skills.

It might be due to their culture or some belief system they have.   In that case, it might be possible that you could work with  a leader that’s involved in the same culture or whatever it is causing their beliefs and see if that person could help.

 It’s of course difficult to respect people that act in ways that just seem cruel but putting the  parents on the defensive is probably not going to help.

Best wishes,  Susan J