VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
Developmental Guide". The McInnesses motivated my parents to do all they could
to advocate for me, and that included interveners. My family moved often,
searching for appropriate educational and medical services for me. By the time we
arrived in Minnesota, I was 7 years old and had already lived in four states.
I got my first intervener when I was 2 years old. In preschool, Donna worked with
my teachers to support my sign language and mobility. She taught me how to move
around the classroom and school building safely, and helped me with my
balance. She reinforced what the physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech
therapist, vision teacher and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) instructor worked
on.
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Image description: Andrew, a light skinned toddler, is holding his left hand on the
railing of a small sized set of stairs used for physical therapy. Looking at his
intervener, he wears glasses, grey overalls and a striped long-sleeved
shirt. Kneeling and at eye level is his smiling intervener signing hand as to hold the
railing. The intervener has shoulder length brown curly hair.
