Pictured here students from Mason County Central are using orientation skills and audible traffic signals to safely cross at traffic lights and continue to their destination. Laura McGannon, Teacher Consultant for Visually Impaired, and Lori Janssen, Certified Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Specialist, took the two students to downtown Ludington to walk to City Park to eat lunch and walk back. These activities help prepare students for life in their communities. O&M instruction is part of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) for students with visual impairments. Braille, assistive technology, sensory, daily living, recreational, and self-determination skills are the other areas of the ECC. Oh and by the way, an interesting fact is those red, bumpy, rectangles found at street crossings, are called Tactile Warnings. The ADA requires them at all street crossings. When a person who is blind’s cane comes into contact with them, they are alerted to stop and analyze for a safe crossing.