advice on social interaction between my VI daughter and sighted children

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Hi I am new to this forum and relatively new to the whole SEN thing.

Have a 20mth old with pretty severe VI but no other difficulties.

I wonder if anyone can give me any advice on handling social interaction with sighted children who find my daughter's need to be up close and in in their space difficult. Obviously I hate seeing the rejection but she is as yet unbothered.

She is my 4th child - the others are all sighted - but this is beginning to feel rather new and different.

Hi, I don't know if this will help, ds doesn't have any VI but he does attend a state school that has blind/VI children in it so such schools exist. IMO, children can be really resiliant and supportive of others with specific needs. The school ds attends welcomes all children, sighted or not so maybe you need to get in touch with your LEA and see if there's one where you live. Children are fairly tolerant of others needs

get in touch with RNIB ASAP
for advice.Your baby WILL NOT go up close to other toddlers and will develop appropriately as she gets older,they do this naturally.She sounds enchanting with a great mum.

We have a VI child in the class I work with we have found by letting the children have a basic knowlege of this childs difficulties has helped all the children they undersatand the issues ect. My advice as your child gets older this will be easier but talk openly in a simple wahy with the children.