Educating young blind children for a better future

Since the day Hadi came into this world, he has not had it easy. He was born with dysmorphism, bilateral congenital microphthalmus, a small hole in the heart and with a left kidney failure. As an only child with both parents working, he is currently being looked after by his grandmother.

Hadi depends a lot on his family in the managing of his life as he still cannot do much due to his disabilities. He depends a lot on his grandmother in carrying out his daily living skills such as during bathing, toileting, eating and dressing.

Since being referred to our Early Intervention Programme, Hadi has shown much improvement. His parents and grandmother has noticed positive changes ever since we started providing training to little Hadi. He has started to learn how to make sounds to indicate his needs to his caretakers. Although he is still shy and interacts better with people who are familiar to him, he is beginning to open up and we are currently trying to focus on activities which involve other children to improve his social skills.

Initially, Hadi needed assistance to move around even in his own home but with constant guidance from our patient teachers, he is now able to walk independently! However, since he began learning to move independently, he moves around too freely and tends to explore on his own. Therefore, the teachers are now training him to listen and follow instructions.

Our plan for little Hadi is to continue training him particularly in the areas of social skills and daily living skills. We would love to see Hadi open up more to new people to enable him to make more friends. We are also focusing on teaching Hadi to communicate his needs more effectively.

We truly believe that with constant support and guidance, Hadi will grow up to be a remarkable boy and will be able to adapt to the society and community around him. We would like to thank each and every one of you for standing by us and for making it possible for us to help children like little Hadi!