What is Kyle?

• Report rights infringement
• published: 15 May 2013
• views: 77

Looking at Kyle now and seeing how thin he is, nobody would imagine that when he was born, he weighed a whopping 10lbs 13oz. Another surprising fact about Kyle is that he is legally blind, but it has not slowed him down any. He does most of the same things that other teenagers do and many people who know Kyle are not even aware that he cannot see. Kyle was preschool age when he began working with Kim Brown and a speech therapist. Kyle attended WACO community school from Kindergarten until he graduated in 2013. He participated in choir, band, and strings there. For about four years, he scored well enough on his ITBS scores that he was invited to participate in "College for Kids" at Iowa Wesleyan College and Southeast Iowa Community College where he took courses that correlated with his personal interests. During elementary school, he attended the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School during the summer sessions and pictures are available in this slideshow video showing both WACO and IBSS. Braille taught him ways to get around easier in the world and gave him an opportunity to connect with other children who had vision impairments, whereas WACO gave him an idea of the expectations that any regular sighted child might need to uphold. Kyle had an active church life as a child and attended the United Church of Crawfordsville where he was baptized, confirmed, attended Sunday school, sang in the children's choir and now works part time as the tech expert there. Kyle also attended the United Methodist Vacation Bible School in Mount Union, Iowa for a few years when he wasn't attending Braille. During his high school years, he practiced and performed as part of the Winfield Community Singers each year in their Easter cantata in Winfield, Iowa at both the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Kyle has always been very interested in computers from the time he was small and we only had one computer in the house that we shared, until he began to enjoy his own personal computer, Ipad, Ipod, and game systems (and things I don't even recognize). There has never been any doubt that he would major in the computer field and he has stayed focus on this specific area throughout his entire life. He has helped neighbors and relatives with their computers and is respectful and tolerant of people who have computer skills that do not match his own level. Once he picks something he likes, he sticks with it. He has had the same best friend since he started Kindergarten. This video was made for Kyle's graduation party. The background musical sets include: Summer of 42 Micheal Legrand There'll be time Michael LeGrand My Noble Knight Trevor Jones Pan Flute Adagio Theme of Love Nabou Uematso Memoro De La Stono Nabou Uematso Love Grows Nabou Uematso Fisherman's Horizon Nabou Uematso Aerith's Theme Nabou Uematso Moonlight Sonata Beethoven Pavane for Dead Princess Maurice Ravel Lucevan La stelle Pavorati Bach Air on a G String Adagio from Concerto Grosso Aeses Death Edward Griegg Tidus and Yunas Sky theme Tina Adagio in G Mino Albinoni The Grand Duchy of Jeuno Coin Song Theme of Love Trojan Beauty Meldoy of the Lute Theme of Love Piano To Zarnakand Tifa's Theme Unfathomed Reminisce Silence and Motion You're not Alone The Oath Passing Sorrow Fontier Village Dali Blue Fields