Volume 100 • Special Supplement

Box 1.

Ethnic and linguistic diversity

A young Mexican mother of three children, one of them an infant diagnosed with a visual impairment due to Downs's syndrome, speaks only Spanish. Her early intervention vision support teacher is bilingual in Spanish and English. The family lives with several other male and female relatives and their young children in a two-bedroom house in a mid-size city in Massachusetts. When the service provider works with the mother and baby, they often must do so quietly because the male relatives' work schedule necessitates that they sleep during the day.

Return to article, or use your browser's "back" button.

Braille-ready file coming soon.

JVIB, Copyright © 2009 American Foundation for the Blind. All rights reserved.

If you would like to give us feedback, please contact us at jvib@afb.net.