Young Lucas Murray from Dorset, England


This Blind Boy Can!

WonderBaby.org - August, 2015
By Sarah Murray

we arranged for Daniel Kish and his colleague Brian Bushway to come and work with Lucas.

Their methods and skill with travel astounded us. From our standpoint, our experience (then and now) watching blind people clutching an elbow as they moved cautiously through society, here were two completely blind men who travelled around the world and across countries with no support or "help" from sighted people at all. It was truly mind blowing!

I was told to immediately (in a nice way!) stop holding Lucas' hand, a tiny blind boy, as he used just a long cane to walk around a lake. I was terrified! … Lucas was pushed, challenged, cajoled (and supported) to begin exploring his environment on his own. This was the beginning of his (our!) Self­Directed Discovery: Learning about the world by exploring it, not by being guided around or just having it described; a passive participant. We were officially following a "No Limits" mobility approach, and we haven't looked back!

Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind



A collection of articles and news clips about one of our students who hit the press after several of our visits to his family.

The blind seven-year-old 'Bat Boy' who sees the world by clicking his tongue and listening for the echoes

Daily Mail - October 6, 2009
By Paul Sims

'We went through real grief when Lucas was younger because we had only really seen blind people being led or using canes,' said his mother, Sarah Murray, 33. 'We thought that was going to be Lucas's life. But now he is so independent, his mobility is fantastic and he hardly ever needs to ask for help any more than a normal seven-year-old would. It has given Lucas a fantastic future. Now he can do all the things he dreams of doing.' 'While Daniel taught Lucas echolocation and cane skills, he taught us that the most important lesson as parents is to let him do it himself. Lucas picked up the clicking-quite quickly and very soon we could tell it was having a real impact on his life.' Mr Kish said ... 'How quickly, to what extent, and how reliably they pick it up depends largely on the support given to them,'

Lucas Murray

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An honest exposé of Lucas Murray, and the impact of our work on him and his family.

"Sarah says that the echo-location and 'No Limits Approach' has given Lucas a 'fantastic future'."

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