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Boys learn sensory technique to gain ability to navigate

Reece Wright, 5, holds a ball in a plastic bag listening to the sound it makes as he moves it around during an echolocation class for the blind Friday at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Gainesville. Wright joined Myles Irwin, 6, and Christopher Morgan, 6, right, in the class that teaches youths how to use their ears to help them detect objects in their environment by sensing echoes from those objects.

0104echo1 — Reece Wright, 5, holds a ball in a plastic bag listening to the sound it makes as he moves it around during an echolocation class for the blind Friday at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Gainesville. Wright joined Myles Irwin, 6, and Christopher Morgan, 6, right, in the class that teaches youths how to use their ears to help them detect objects in their environment by sensing echoes from those objects.

It’s easy to see why Aubrey Whitaker says her son is “wild-hearted.” Myles Irwin, 6, is a student at Mount Vernon Elementary School and has been visually impaired since he was born. But it would be difficult to notice his impairment just from watching him play.