[blindkid] ideas needed

[Marshall Flax]

Can you take her walking at night in a poorly-lit place where she'll really
need to use her cane?

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Doreen Franklin <
doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi to all ...
>
> we are looking for some help with our 7-yr old, first grade daughter who is
> visually impaired. She needs a cane but refuses to use it with us. She will
> "use" it during her O&M instruction of 30-minutes, but I have no idea if she
> uses it, or uses it safely, during the rest of her time at school. Most
> times with us, she holds it off the ground, like a shephard's crook. She has
> also not accepted her visual disability and has told me "Mom, I can see."
> And the school has non-verbally told her that last year in kindergarten as
> well as this year -- she has a CCTV in class; she does not have Braille. She
> is being re-evaled this year and I have been told "best practice is to use
> her vision." I backed off to be more collaborative instead of being near the
> door to due process. It is killing me, but I want to be more collaborative.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you get around it? I can
> tell her about safety, but I know all she hears is "blah blah blah." She has
> said numerous times she HATES her cane, and I don't know how to get around
> it to make her see that she is safe with it and unsafe without it. She has
> gotten several bruises on her legs and her eye and all of those times have
> been because she has not used her cane. Again, she is hearing "blah blah
> blah." She did very well while at the national convention in July ... but
> within 2 weeks, she was not using her cane safely. There are no role models
> for her in school ...
>
> Any and all suggestions would be appreciated ....
>
> Thank you!!!!
>
> Doreen
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