how can i help my child?
A child who cannot see well has fewer ‘natural’ opportunities to learn.
So he may learn skills more slowly than children who see, and his
development may begin to fall behind.
Babies who cannot see well
often play less because
they do not see anything to
play with.
This baby cannot
hold up his head.
This happened
because he did not
move about and
play, so his neck
muscles never
grew strong.
7
His social development may begin to fall behind as well.
Papa let me ride
with him yesterday.
We went fast!
A child who cannot see well may
not understand or take part in
conversations because he cannot see
what is being talked about.
So he may begin to spend a lot of
time alone because he does not
understand what others are saying.
Most of these problems do not have to happen. Children who cannot see
can learn to use their other senses — their sense of hearing, touch, smell,
and taste — to help them understand their world and to learn what
other children usually learn by seeing.
helping children who are blind