Visually Impaired children NEED access to Literacy.
As many of you know the little prince has Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). We consider this to be his greatest challenge in life. Thankfully we when we set out on our journey, we found organizations making statements about the necessity of CVI. American Printing House for the Blind (APH) upholds the following statement, produced in 2008 on CVI. "Children who have Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) require educational supports that are equal to those who are considered to be blind or visually impaired." When assessing how to propel him forward in life we quickly understood it comes down to LITERACY. He is happy to simply move around his world by feeling, smelling, and listening, BUT THEN the frustrations set in. He has vision, and he needs assistance to guide him into accessing his visual world. This BEGINS with building his literacy skills. We use approaches researched and developed by Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy. We have changed the way we interact and have learned