[blindkid] Awesome!

[Penny Duffy]

I say wow when a child uses great mobility skills but I say it for a whole
different reason then the person in the example is. (I am a big cheerleader
for my daughter its hard to modivate her sometimes LOL)  LOL.  I try and
brush those kinds of things off. I may respond that  all it all takes is
proper training.  People really think that that suffer from blindness are
helpless.  Your child did expand the person realization what the blind can
do.  Its one person at a time.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Carly B <barnesraiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi! I've been meaning to post this question for some time: what do you say
> to the well-meaning, kind-hearted, but clueless person who exclaims, "WOW!
> That's AMAZING!" when your child walks up or down a set of stairs (or some
> other perfectly ordinary thing)? Do you just smile and let it go? Talk to
> your child afterwards? Is there an opportunity for education with a quick
> and to-the-point comment?
>
> I'm just wondering what you do/say.
>
> Thanks for any helpful advice you may have!
>
> :) Carolynn Barnes
> (aka Brian's mom)
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