[blindkid] Jack and his new cane

[Susan Harper]

Congratulations!  It is so exciting to watch when they get something and
really use the information.  Great job guys!
Blessings,
Sue H.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> This is soooo exciting. We have been reading and re-reading articles on the
> NFB site. We took Jack out for his first cane outing yesterday! We went
> over
> to a local school after hours. There is a big wide sidewalk with cracks, a
> tiled area, flagpole, curbs up and down...very exciting place!
>
> Jack really seemed to enjoy using his cane. I have attached a video showing
> some of his cane use on our first outing. Dad (David) and I are holding
> bamboo walking sticks since we don't have canes.
>
> Because Jack is partially sighted he is figuring out how to use the cane to
> help him gain more information about what he thinks he sees. For example,
> when Jack comes up white lines in the parking lot, they must look to him
> like a curb or some sort of step up. He almost always tries to lift his leg
> as if to step up. Yesterday you should have seen him! He sat down on the
> ground (parking lot was empty) and he ran his cane across the white line
> over and over. He seemed fascinated that it was smooth unlike what it
> appeared to be to him.
>
> AND this morning he used his cane (and still our hand-holding assistance as
> always) to identify the steps as he descended the 14 steps to the garage of
> our split level home!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Carol Castellano
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:53 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Jack and his new cane
>
> It's funny, because the teaching cane is one of Joe Cutter's ideas on
> how to get kids interested.  I think you'll like his book.  And,
> yeah, we figured out you meant pix.
> Carol
>
> At 06:27 PM 4/7/2010, you wrote:
> >LOL...sorry guys, I was a bit tired when I sent that email out last night
> >and I meant are pictures allowed through the list? I've been on lists that
> >don't allow attachments and I could not remember if this was one of them.
> >
> >Thanks for the resources, Carol.
> >
> >And my hubby is all over using this cane. He printed out several articles
> >for our son's teacher to read. :) My heart flutters....
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >Behalf Of Marie
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:56 PM
> >To: Blindkid email
> >Subject: [blindkid] Jack and his new cane
> >
> >Are emails allowed through the list? I've attached a picture of Jack and
> his
> >new cane. My brilliant husband picked it up and held it out himself in the
> >bathroom on the tile where it was sure to make lots of noise. Soon Jack
> was
> >running after him wanting to do it too!
> >I should have prepared better for this. What are your
> >recommendations/tips/books or websites to read for getting started?
> >Marie (mother of Jack, 4 years old with Apert Syndrome)
> >http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com
> >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> >
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