[blindkid] Has this happened to anyone?

[Barbara Hammel]

Do you have a blind friend whom you could ask to do the role playing with 
her.  You're her mother, after all, and sometimes they just don't like doing 
things for us because it's embarrassing.
Barbara

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From: "Bonnie Lucas" <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:52 AM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] Has this happened to anyone?

> Something happened in PE yesterday which tells me that we still have a 
> long way to go to help the school and staff understand that Aubrie is as 
> capable
> as the other children in the class. They had a situation where the 
> children were to run around the gym as many times as possible. Aubrie was 
> talking with
> another student who is overweight and out of shape. This student knew that 
> and she and Aubrie asked several students if they would be willing to be 
> the
> runner with Aubrie because Aubrie said that the route was confusing to her 
> and she didn't feel comfortable running it by herself. They found no one 
> who
> was willing because as Aubrie put it, "they all assumed that I would slow 
> them down." Aubrie is a fast runner and loves to run. So, she just went 
> with
> the girl and the girl quit, huffing and puffing after three times. Aubrie 
> was not even breathing heavily. The teacher recognized this and agreed 
> that Aubrie
> should have been with someone who was in better shape. Aubrie was so angry 
> that she could hardly tell me about it.
>
> Of course, the problem is that she just started PE after Christmas and I 
> have not taken the time to speak personally or send a note to the PE 
> teacher about
> what blindness is and is not. Also the business of being a selfadvocate is 
> still a piece of her personality that needs more work.
>
> My plan now is to send an educational note to the teacher in hopes of 
> making the remainder  of the class better.
>
> Another thing that I wonder about. When I have tried to get Aubrie to role 
> play with me on how to handle situations, she just refuses. I have tried 
> to get
> her to do this to help her with those advocacy skills. any ideas?
>
> Bonnie Lucas
> (770) 992-0484
> lucas.bonnie at gmail.com
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