With this response are you saying that 6 is too young to leave the house? It's definitely not too early. /u/macncheeseballz was probably not much different in age when having this experience.

Not true! There are blind sports teams that train at the Olympic level, and there's even a game similar to soccer called goal ball, the ball makes noise for it to be easy to find.

There are self-driving cars now, too. By the time he's grown, he might be able to have one of his own.

Blind people can do anything. Maybe you should read him Wikipedia articles about blind athletes. Daredevil is a popular show on Netflix about a blind superhero, and he's a lawyer!

Find out what he wants to do and help him do it. There are Braille teaching books on Amazon and plenty of people go blind in their adulthood and have to learn everything again. He has lots of time to grow and learn, he could even go to college and have a job if he works hard.

Not sure where you live, but there was a program I did briefly as a kid called Top Soccer. Basically, it’s a blind and low vision soccer team. There’s bells in the balls and they have coaches helping the kids and everything. Maybe look around and see if there’s anything like that anywhere nearby.

Also, (again probably depends on what country you’re from) but I know that in America at least, the national library service provides free audiobooks and easy to use book players for free. They have books for all ages too, so you could order children’s books and stuff, and I’m sure they would have children’s novels about soccer players that he might get into.

You mentioned elsewhere in the thread how much he likes music, you could get him something to listen to music on like a cd or mp3 player. You could help him set up and teach him how to use it so that he can listen to more often.

Ultimately, I suggest just paying attention to what his interests are and finding ways to help him explore them. Beyond that, just hang out with him. Some of my favorite childhood memories are just spending the night in my siblings’ rooms and telling scary stories. You seem like a really cool big brother trying to help him and everything. Hope this helped.

Yes, they might have what i was speaking of before. If you can’t afford a whole lot.
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I see. I hope his operation is successful. Is there a reason to wait 6years?

The brain works in interesting ways. If a person goes without sight for most of their life and then regains vision, the brain doesn’t know what to do with the information. It’s like if you have never heard a language before and were given the opportunity to hear it. You would physically hear it but not understand it.

If his surgery does correct his vision, it will take him time to learn how to use it. I hope the best for your brother and your family.

So it’s play which helps him explore his senses. So you put a bowl of water in front of him and allow him to play with it. Kids generally love this kind of play

No, but there is stuff like Harry Potter. LOTR, the left behind series the kids, The hitchiker’s guide to the gallaxy. My dad read me novels for bedtime stories and that’s where I learn to love books.

well the easy suggestion would be to pay attention to the little one's likes, you said he like sporting events get him out of the house and encourage him to play either soccer ball or football where you have him throw or kick the ball . Additionally speak with his teachers and find out if he has any friends that you can work with as well, its all about imagination, thinking outside the box and coming up with fun things to do and explore

there also may be services that can help your family help him dont be afraid to research and ask lots of questions

A few octaves of electronic keys do not cost much, especially used. Other 'student' instruments also. IMO the real money is paying for lessons and higher-end instruments.