Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired

Many thanks to Sarah who sent in her account of working with a teacher of the visually impaired. – Ann Z My nearly four-year-old daughter Isabella has multiple ocular diagnoses: severe hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, mild macular hypoplasia (“underdevelopment of the macula, a small area on the retina responsible for seeing in detail” – read more)Continue reading “Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired”

Your Stories – The strongest one-pounder: Part 2 – in school with an individualized education plan

This is the second part of Dina’s story about her son Will.  Part one introduced her son “Will,” now 8, who was born prematurely and subsequently spent 5 long months in a Newborn ICU.  I asked her to write more about working with the school system to support a legally blind child.  – Ann ZContinue reading “Your Stories – The strongest one-pounder: Part 2 – in school with an individualized education plan”