[blindkid] Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; The Day the Lights Went Out

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Yes, I would love to see Eric's post develop into an article for Future 
Reflections.  Dr. V., what do you think?

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Penny Duffy" <pennyduffy at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Here Today, Gone Tomorrow;The Day the Lights Went 
Out


> Eric,
>
> Thank you so much for sharing that.  We struggle every day with how much 
> to
> push my daughter (she gets pushed a lot). There really isn't a lot of 
> choice
> in the matter though. While she has some usable vision text is
> very inaccessible to her.  Her reading braille at grade level
>
> She is behind in reading (though I think she is doing amazing writing) 
> She
> had 20/20 vision last year but she wasn't a reader.  Today she is blind 
> but
> she is a reader.  She started  learning braille in November (She is in 
> first
> grade).  She is lucky to have have had her vision loss now and not say 2
> year , 5 or 10 years from now. Kids just pick it up easier the younger 
> they
> learn. . I can't see a negative to learning Braille. My sighted child 
> loves
> learning little bits of Braille. My daughter wrote my son a note yesterday
> day and he loved 'decoding it'.
>
> I get so upset hearing about children not being taught these skills 
> because
> they have some level of vision.
>
> I really enjoyed what you said. It was actually very uplifting.  I think 
> it
> something that could (and should) find its way in Future Reflections.
>
> -- 
> --Penny
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