Storyboxes are a great way to make stories come alive for our children with vision impairments. Storyboxes are also a way to make pictures in a children's story accessible. A story box is simply a way to use objects to represent parts of a story by using these objects to support the storytelling process.
I am a mother of two sweet boys. My oldest, Liam, is 6 years old. He is deafblind. My youngest, Finn, is 3 years old. He has typical vision and hearing. I really look forward to the Christmas season. I enjoy finding creative ways to make this holiday special for BOTH of my boys. I hope you enjoy these 10 ten ways that you can make Christmas fun and accessible!
My son Liam is 11 years old and in sixth grade. He got a Braillenote Touch Plus last year at school and has been learning to use it. He loves his "computer". So far he uses the device as a calculator, for writing and saving documents, to email, to read books and text books, and as a deafblind communicator. I was especially excited about the deafblind communicator pie
I am the mother of two boys: Liam, who is in 5th grade and is deafblind, and Finn, who is in 2nd grade and has typical vision and hearing. With our schools closed for this coming week (possibly longer) I came up with a schedule (in print and braille) for my boys to keep them (and me!:) busy, happy and still learning. It is posted on our fridge.
This year for my son's birthday, we sent out invitations for his party at the park. I asked that, if people wanted, for them to email me a birthday message for Liam to make into a birthday book at the party. Once they emailed me the messages I then printed them off on a braille embosser. At the party, all of his friends and family were able to giv
I am the mother of a busy, independent and determined 9-year-old boy named Liam. He will be going into 4th grade this year. Recently I ordered the new Dot Watch for Liam and I am in love! I have always believed in getting technology into the hands of my son as early as possible. I got the watch for him because I wanted him to h
My son Liam is a third-grader in a mainstream classroom. Liam is deafblind and a braille reader. His class does something called "Star Student". This is where one child is highlighted for the week; the student gets to write on a special poster that describes things that are important to them.
I have always wanted to make my son an accessible garden that my son could learn to take care of independently. I was hoping a garden could be something he could learn to enjoy and learn from.
Storyboxes are a great way to make stories come alive for our children with vision impairments. Storyboxes are also a way to make pictures in a children's story accessible. A story box is simply a way to use objects to represent parts of a story by using these objects to support the storytelling process. 
I am a mother of two sweet boys. My oldest, Liam, is 6 years old. He is deafblind. My youngest, Finn, is 3 years old. He has typical vision and hearing. I really look forward to the Christmas season. I enjoy finding creative ways to make this holiday special for BOTH of my boys. I hope you enjoy these 10 ten ways that you can make Christmas fun and accessible!
My son Liam is 11 years old and in sixth grade. He got a Braillenote Touch Plus last year at school and has been learning to use it. He loves his "computer". So far he uses the device as a calculator, for writing and saving documents, to email, to read books and text books, and as a deafblind communicator. I was especially excited about the deafblind communicator pie
This year for my son's birthday, we sent out invitations for his party at the park. I asked that, if people wanted, for them to email me a birthday message for Liam to make into a birthday book at the party. Once they emailed me the messages I then printed them off on a braille embosser. At the party, all of his friends and family were able to giv
I am the mother of a busy, independent and determined 9-year-old boy named Liam. He will be going into 4th grade this year. Recently I ordered the new 
My son Liam is a third-grader in a mainstream classroom. Liam is deafblind and a braille reader. His class does something called "Star Student". This is where one child is highlighted for the week; the student gets to write on a special poster that describes things that are important to them.
