[blindkid] Technology and Little Kid

[Richard Holloway]

I don't know if you are around young kids a lot or not. My (sighted)  
son turns four in a few days. He is very much into things like  
videos-- DVD's and Video Tapes. He also likes interactive computer  
stories a lot and given the chance would clearly like to be doing a  
lot more with a variety of (age appropriate) web sites. At the same  
age, his (blind) sister was heavily interested in audio stories and  
musical recordings. Many kids his age are all about video games. We  
tend to keep that to a minimum but that would be something else to try  
and adapt potentially.

My son also loves books, especially books with pictures. So far I  
think nobody has mentioned the variety of ways to use tactile pictures  
either. That may seem trivial but was EXTREMELY important to our  
daughter for several years starting around age three and she still  
likes tactile graphics at age seven. That is a whole different topic  
of adaptation but clearly has applications for kids and adults too.

Today's sighted kids's technology interests run the gamut, so too may  
the interests of blind children so there is potentially a wide variety  
of things to adapt; it is a broad topic.

Richard



On Feb 17, 2010, at 11:43 PM, Robert Jaquiss wrote:

> Hello:
>
>    I don't think there is much technology for little kids. Sighted  
> preschoolers have access to computer games and electronic toys. I  
> think some of the LeapFrog stuff can be modified. Intelikeys could  
> be used, but I am not familiar with what is currently out there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Jaquiss
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:01 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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