On Wednesday Joshua started his first day at big boys school. I’ve added a new category appropriately named “School“ for future blogging about this topic. Watch this space for updates on how he gets on, support and development at primary school…
Such a brave little boy, and so smart.
Just got back from a great few days camping in the New Forest. Whilst flicking though our photos I found this great photo where Joshua used one of his optimal Null Points to smile directly at the camera, Its usually very hard to get a great photo like this.
Today I was in the kitchen watching the kids play outside. I was watching when I realised they were trying to pick up a wasp (or bee) I rushed outside thinking they were going to get stung as Joshua was trying to pick it up with his fingers, whilst getting close trying to see. I rushed outside to warn Josh that he was actually trying to pick something up that would give him a sting only to find it was a lady bird.
Joshua has never been scared of tiny insects, he will literally put his face within a few mm to get a closer look, which is why I though he was about to get stung. Myself and Jen have warned him about getting stung and as he is 4 I know it is aware, although not yet been stung, that he needs to be careful. Amelia on the other hand hates them, just mention spider and she runs, really fast.
We had purchased an insect collector from Colchester Zoo but it was made of plastic and was soon covered in scratches resulting in poor visibility. I found it hard viewing inside so I can only imagine how bad it was for Josh. I will have to look online for alternatives, but to be honest Joshua would kindly hold a worm, spider or ant.
On a recent trip to a Zoo Joshua had the chance to get up close and hold a snake…You can see below Joshua used his null point to get a better look.
Taken from our local paper, the Suffolk Free Press.
After reading a Free Press story about little Joshua Bacon, who suffers problems with his eyesight, Sudbury police officers have bought the three-year-old some much-needed equipment.
And this week his mum, Jen, said she wanted to thank the police for their kindness from the bottom of her heart.
Joshua has a condition called congenital nystagmus, which affects one in 2,000 people, causing problems with their sight. He was diagnosed with the condition as a baby.
Now, thanks to the police, Joshua is the proud owner of a tilted desk, some extra large-print story books and a special desktop magnifier for reading, which was donated from the Shona Gill Fund at Sudbury Police Station.
Jen said: “They got in touch after seeing us in theFree Press and kindly bought Joshua some much-needed equipment.
“We would like to say thank you to them for the generous donations as it wouldn’t have been possible without the story.”
For the full story, see this week’s Free Press.
Published on Thu 16th December 2010 11:09 AM
Joshua’s playgroup has recently receiving funding for a ClearView CCTV Magnifier.
Objects placed on the movable reading table can be magnified on the crystal clear display. This is a great tool to help Joshua with reading small font, viewing tiny objects as well as having fun magnifying objects. These photos were taken at playgroup showing Joshua magnifying a leaf and his hand.
The design enables easy magnification of any object at the twist of a button. A great device to help Joshua. A big big thankyou to his Playgroup and Visual Imparement Team for sourcing this. This is a great example to show there is help available out there you.
Snowdon4Nystagmus Photo gallery 2010 taken during the charity climb.
Photos taken from Joshuas Birthday’s capturing him blowing out the candles on the cake.
