Why should students with Usher syndrome receive intensive and extensive instruction in Braille and orientation and mobility even when they are still able to see?
What will be an ideal response?
Even though they may start out having relatively good vision, their vision inevitably declines to the point where they are legally, if not totally blind. And, even when the deterioration occurs slowly over the course of several years, parents and teachers may neglect the importance of preparing the child for the fact that he or she will one day have substantial loss. Sometimes, they fear that early introduction of braille and orientation and mobility training will stigmatize the child and damage her or his self-concept. As one person who gradually lost his sight illustrated, "Braille is not just for people who are already blind." There is a risk to creating a situation where the person with Usher syndrome can neither read print nor braille at all, having to rely on others who are literate (in either). Learning braille and Orientation and Mobility (O &M) is not likely to get any easier
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