[blindkid] Things that make me go hmmm and doh!

[Kim Cunningham]

It sounds (and looks according to the picture) to me like Jack IS using his vision. I've seen a lot of low vision kids turn their head almost away from an object to be able to use a certain focal point. While it appears that Jack's vision is not midline, perhaps it is more toward the side of his face? 
Seems like he is doing a great job of feeding himself! Way to go Jack!
Kim Cunningham

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From: Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [blindkid] Things that make me go hmmm and doh!
To: "Blindkid email" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>, "Crouzon, and other craniofacial issues Discussion list for Apert" <apert at listserv.galists.org>
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 7:46 AM


Last night when we ate dinner out on the deck, Jack sat at his picnic table. I noticed that he positioned himself to the left of his bowl and reached out to the right to scoop his food. He ate his dinner with remarkable ease. There have been plenty of other instances where I've noticed that Jack has a preference for not reaching directly in front of his body. 

AND we continually have an issue with Jack turning sideways in his chair when sitting at the table. We thought the turning issue had to do with him not wanting to use his vision or turning toward the sound of the music that we usually have playing during meals.

So this morning, I noticed that Jack came up to the table and pulled his chair to the left of his breakfast. Hmmmm....he ate his entire bowl of oatmeal with no difficulties finding the oatmeal and without a lot of spillage. He seemed to have a firmer grasp on his spoon too. And not once did he turn away from the table. I'm going to try experimenting with putting his food to the left of his mid-line and see how this goes. 

Not sure if this is a vision thing or maybe has something to do with joint fusion related to Apert syndrome...

Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his own way at his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com 
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