admin | March 31, 2010
The information below is from Lyra’s 3rd quarter progress reports from the private preschool she attends. The first section is from her braille instructor and the other is from her regular classroom teacher. I am quite pleased with their reports. :D Lyra uses a braillewriter adapted with unifix cubes on the keys. She inserts paper [...]
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Tags: albinism, braille, low vision
admin | May 15, 2009
Troy and I, and the rest of Lyra’s IEP team met for a 2nd time to continue where we had left off during the meeting the week before. Like the first meeting, this one also lasted 3 hours, but it was a much more productive 3 hours. We were able to get the IEP completed, [...]
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Tags: albinism, braille, special education
admin | May 6, 2009
From the very beginning of this whole process, I’ve known that our biggest challenge would be getting the school district to teach Lyra Braille. I very quickly learned just how big that challenge was going to be. On Lyra’s first day attending the preschool for her transition, I dropped her off at her classroom and [...]
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Tags: braille, functional vision, low vision, special education