[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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