That is the best thing for him: immerse him in all the normal life experiences. Don’t coddle him and teach him everything about the world. 70% of what we know is learned via our eyes. Narrate his world constantly and let him know what he may be missing. This will help him because he will have knowledge, opinions, and memories to share with others that have nothing to do with being blind.
Sometimes the visually impaired limit themselves to the blind community and eschew the mainstream, because they feel safe. Guard him against that. He needs to be comfortable in the real world. As a teacher, you can be invaluable with that.
The students I’ve known with visual impairments, who were the most happy and well-rounded, were usually students who had “normal” siblings, “normal” friends, and whose exposure to the blind community was minimal.
Lastly, don’t do anything for him that he can do himself. We want to help out of love, but we must avoid that. I knew a poor boy in high school who still did not know how to open an umbrella or zip up his own jacket. How could his teenage peers relate to him? What girl would want to go on a date with him? Another boy’s lawyer father insisted his blind teen could not use the boys’ restroom by himself. That is not true, of course. All those things send messages of disability to peers ... and they are too embarrassed for them to try to overcome it. Let him know what his peers are capable of—and help him to stay on par.
Find him a successful mentor with the same situation. He needs to see a successful, well-rounded, older version of himself in action.
Sorry to rant. I’ve seen too many lonely, immature visually impaired kids and it breaks one’s heart. Much of their pain and isolation was avoidable.
ThanQ, Melian!