John gave me a challenge that I had not encountered yet in my small span of teaching career so far.

Normally, children are not well and suffer from visually impair disorders are sent to the Westfield School for the Blind, because that is the correct place for them, but John's parents insisted that he should get enrollment in the nearest public school. They wanted to treat him in the most normal way, that he should not feel that he is different from other kids.

It is a nice thought and I even admired his parents for their thinking, and I admired John even more for his willingness to go with his parents' plan.

As his English teacher, I have a habit of observing him for only 40 minutes a day. I ran a class that revolved around reading ... how was I supposed to have all my students take turns reading a book aloud in class since John was a part of my class? How would I have indulged him in the reading exercise?

John was exceptional in braille, but his parents insisted that we should not implement the use of braille books while he was in school, since this step would make him feel that he is different from others. He used braille at home to do his home work, but how we as teachers were supposed to make him an active part of the classroom activity without braille?

I thought of an idea - an audio book. I asked John's parents to provide him with an audio player that he could bring to class. I bought an audio book that we were currently reading in class...

I met John before the commencement of the class, and explained him my plan. I would set the audio book to a certain part. First, I would call on a lot of other students so that they can come and read their parts aloud in the class. Then when it came to that portion of the book that I had John's tape to, then I would call him in the upfront. Then he would switch on his Walkman, listen to the commentary of the author, and repeat it back in the class.

Thanks to an audio book. It helped me a lot in making a blind student feel normal among the rest of his class.