[blindkid] Nintendo DS Games

Thu Aug 12 22:42:44 UTC 2010

Thank you everyone for those suggested games. We will ask Matthew which
one/s he would like to try.  

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   1. FW: [blind-family] Orphan girl, age 4, blind,	cuddly needs
      adoptive family $9500 grant (Eric Calhoun)
   2. Nintendo DS Games (Moses Whitaker Jr)
   3. Re: Nintendo DS Games (Carly B)
   4. Re: Nintendo DS Games (SNOOPYTDR at aol.com)
   5. Re: Nintendo DS Games (SNOOPYTDR at aol.com)
   6. New Books & Free Books from Seedlings (Dawn Swarthout)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:42:29 -0500
From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org, blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindkid] FW: [blind-family] Orphan girl, age 4, blind,
	cuddly needs adoptive family $9500 grant
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Original Message: 
From: "adoptanorphan" <lynnem at wacap.org>
To: blind-family at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [blind-family] Orphan girl, age 4, blind, cuddly needs adoptive
family $9500 grant
Date: 
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:33:22 -0000

We thought we had a family for her but they could not complete the
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hand she will explore her environment. She loves to jump up and
down(sometimes on her bed) and throw soft balls.There is a $9500 Adoption
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WACAP (www.wacap.org) is a non-profit adoption and humantarian aid
agency.206-575-4550 ID number is  V.0606.14886.02

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:50:47 -0400
From: Moses Whitaker Jr <mwhitakerj at hotmail.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] Nintendo DS Games
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Hi everyone,

We just purchased a nintendo DS for our son Matthew, (9 yrs old),who has
some light perception only in the left eye.  Does anyone have children who
have found DS games that they enjoy playing?  Matt is trying to play the
Mario Kart game and eventually he will get the hang of it but I would like
to know if there are any other games he might like.  His friends have one
and he wanted to make a deal so that he could earn one.  Needless to say he
did what he needed to do and earn it.  :-) 

Any suggestions on how to communicate to Nintendo that our children like the
Nintendo DS just as much as sighted children and they need to consider
making their games accessible?

Regards,
Moses & May Whitaker 		 	   		  

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:52:02 -0500
From: Carly B <barnesraiser at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] Nintendo DS Games
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Hi.

I just asked my 8yo son (20/200) and he recommends Mario Party, Lego Star
Wars, and Indiana Jones.
HTH! :) Carolynn
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Moses Whitaker Jr
<mwhitakerj at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We just purchased a nintendo DS for our son Matthew, (9 yrs old),who has
> some light perception only in the left eye.  Does anyone have children who
> have found DS games that they enjoy playing?  Matt is trying to play the
> Mario Kart game and eventually he will get the hang of it but I would like
> to know if there are any other games he might like.  His friends have one
> and he wanted to make a deal so that he could earn one.  Needless to say
he
> did what he needed to do and earn it.  :-)
>
> Any suggestions on how to communicate to Nintendo that our children like
> the Nintendo DS just as much as sighted children and they need to consider
> making their games accessible?
>
> Regards,
> Moses & May Whitaker
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:28:01 EDT
From: SNOOPYTDR at aol.com
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Nintendo DS Games
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I know my 10 yr old plays Pokemon.

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:28:50 EDT
From: SNOOPYTDR at aol.com
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Nintendo DS Games
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I know my 10 yr old plays Pokemon!

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dawn Swarthout <seedlink3 at ameritech.net>
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Subject: [blindkid] New Books & Free Books from Seedlings
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