[blindkid] Technology and Little Kid

[Heather]

No disrespect, but you've got to be kidding me.  No blind people I know, 
children or adults, down right brilliant to mentally challenged, men or 
women use those anymore.  Many own them, and could use them in a pinch, but 
honestly, no one uses them as a main means of writing or on a regular basis. 
Some people in the fifty or older set still rely on them, because they were 
not able to keep up with the changing technology, which I can understand and 
sympathize with, but even my sixty year old blind mother laughed when I 
showed her this, or rather told her that this had come up on list.  For 
confidentiality reasons I never show any one who is not on the list, list 
emails, and never give names or any spacifics..  I could honestly say that I 
know over two hundred to three hundred blind people, and I asked on a list 
serve for guide dog users, one for blind parents and one for blind students, 
and the uunanomous answer was "You've got to be kidding"  I think her four 
year old would best be served to learn how to use a cell phone or home phone 
to call his mother and to dial 911.  I think he should be learning on a 
braille note, voice recorder or how to use a victor reader or ipod touch. 
Things like that, plus basic braille and print literacy.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Technology and Little Kid


>A slate and stylus!
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:01 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] Technology and Little Kid
>
>
>>I got asked a question, the other day, and since most of my experience is 
>>with blind adults -- I didn't know quite what to say.  A woman said she 
>>had a four year old totally blind daughter, and she wanted her to keep up 
>>with her peers in technology, so what assistive technology/technology is 
>>here  -- should she start using with her child?
>>
>> Dave
>>
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