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-Main Role in School Play

-Parent Aid

-Script in braille

-Extra time with music teacher

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Total Blindness.

Born Blind. Ben was a premature infant and did not receive enough oxygen. This caused the blood vessels in his eyes to not grow effectively causing detached retinas. This condition is called ROP or Retinopathy of Prematurity (279-280 of book).

Since Ben is still learning how to have a daily life while being blind, he is still struggling by bumping into objects when walking. Ben has a walking stick, but also does better if he has a guide with him to help him not bump into objects. By doing this Ben is developing his echolocation skills (pg. 282 of book).

Ben is learning how to use Braille to read and as a mode of communication.

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Theater Accommodations (Advice from Pellissippi)

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Theater Accommodations (Advice from Pellissippi)

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Contact to let the director know the student is blind

Have markers on stage to let student know where to stand

talk to the other actors about the student and their disability

have someone to help the student get ready

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Parents = Sabrina and Jemma

SPED Teacher = Razan and Emerald

Gen ED Teacher = Jamere

Principal and Drama Teacher will be sitting in the audience

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Wear an earpiece to be aware of pauses/scene changes.

Audio form of the book on top of braille book so Ben could listen to it and practice.

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play we are going off of

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Peter Pan | I Won't Grow Up | Live Musical Performance

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Training Actors who have Visual Impairments at Central

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Accommodations and Strengths = Razan

Schedule, and Learning Levels = Jamere

Beginning Hook, Struggles, and proposal= Emerald

Characteristics and Roles = Sabrina

Family Interactions and Ending Hook = Jemma

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Stevie wonder information about his blindness and his success

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Guy who is really blind explaining what he sees

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Guy who is really blind explaining what he sees

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Ray Charles also having success even though he is blind

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-Navigating crowded or unfamiliar spaces. Crowds include people in close proximity and lots of noises. This can obscure Ben's ability to use his echo-location and seeing cane.

-Accessing information. This can be extremely hard for Ben because he is not able to use regular text books and the internet. His information access is limited to things in braille and what he can hear.

-Social Inclusion and difficulty connecting with people. Ben cannot see non-verbal cues making it extremely hard for him to read people's emotions unless they verbally tell him.

-Limited independence. Ben is extremely dependent on a person (mainly due to his young age) to help him do every day tasks.

-Higher injury risk. Ben is skilled in navigating and adapting to his disability but the actual risk factor of him getting hurt is significantly higher than that of a seeing child.

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Ben is outgoing and social = He has close connections with his family especially his parents.

Ben’s parents are protective of him by making sure he is able to get around safely, and is not left out by others. For his safety his parents are his guides.  They make sure that Ben has people around him who will not only see his disability but see his ability.

Ben’s parents want to see him thrive. They want him to be successful in life by pursuing his dreams such as being an actor.

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Parents will practice at home with him.

When he practices at school the teacher will give his parents things to work on with him at home (lines, note cards at home, teacher will let the parents know what they practiced so they can work with him at home).

Help him dress when he is getting into costume.

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One of Ben's parents will help him get his costume on.

Practice time = Ben will practice during announcement time so he is not missing instruction.

Tape Recorder. Also someone could read the script to them (Advice).

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Script in Braille

Tape recorder.

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Ideas: Advice for visually impaired actors

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Ideas: Advice for visually impaired actors

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This website has more accommodations = https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/casting-and-auditions/advice-for-visually-impaired-actors.

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Welcome

BrailleTranslator.org is a simple way to convert text to braille notation. We support nearly all Grade Two braille contractions.

Please consider that a 100% correct braille translation can only be done by a human, as this requires an understanding of the text content. Some Grade 2 Contractions require a text understanding that a machine can't have. For example, the combination wh can be replaced by one character in grade 2, but not when the word is combined of two words. So a(wh)ile is OK, but ra(wh)ide is not.

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He will practice with the music teacher during announcements and morning: 7:45am-8:15am

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Ben deserves a lead role in the play.

-We cannot ignore his ABILITIES by focusing on just his disabilities. Ben is extremely talented when it comes to acting and singing. Denying him this opportunity would exclude him and make him feel left out.

-Ben is extremely hard working and determined. He deserves a lead role because he will take it seriously.

-Ben's friends are all in the play. By not allowing him to be in the play, we would be excluding him.

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Blind Performer Fact Sheet | National Federation of the Blind

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Alternative Techniques and Approaches for Acting, Dance, and Music Performers, Directors, Stage Managers, Performing