Hi all,
One of our helpdesk callers from Gwalior has a 4-year-old son who is totally blind since birth due to Retinopathy of Prematurity. On our suggestion he is considering to put his son in a mainstream school. He being in a senior position in administration of a CBSE affiliated school, he would not have any problem in admitting his son in the same. But he is unaware of how would his child learn in the classroom, how would the teachers do, and what they as parents need to do. So as first steps, for building his understanding, we have connected him with a few progressive parents of visually impaired children, with NAB in Delhi and Mumbai, and told him broadly about how inclusive education happens, and passed on the relevant circulars of CBSE. Can anyone also suggest some organisation/individuals in Gwalior or the vicinity, who can mentor or share their experience with the school as well as with the parents to enable the child to study in the mainstream school. To put the child in the mainstream school, he also would need a braille teacher. Any suggestions on the above would be of great help. This is also an opportunity to make one more school inclusive, as apparently he has support from its management for his child. hanks and regards, Pranay Gadodia | Programme Manager Project Eyeway - A knowledge resource for living a fuller life with vision loss Score Foundation, 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk: +91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Email: helpd...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
