[blindkid] "I like it"

[Carol Castellano]

Hey, Penny, I think we can use that--"Braille...I like it!"  You put 
a great big smile on my face tonight!
Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

At 08:35 PM 3/9/2012, you wrote:
>Today my 8 year old daughter and I had a discussion about braille.  We were
>talking about how some kids don't get braille even when it could help them.
>  She was than told me about one of her friends (who she has O&M with
>sometimes) hates braille.  She told me she really wishes her friend would
>give it more of a try.  She than said. "Braille... I like it."  I realize
>as I type out those words that it doesn't come across how positive and
>happy she was when she said those words.  To say the past year and half has
>been hard would be an understatement.  My daughter becoming blind has been
>such a journey the past 18 months.  It was so hard  dealing with her
>frustrations, impatience and resistance.  She was angry that she had to do
>things differently than her classmates.  She was angry that she had to
>learn to do things differently.  I will simply horrible at times.    Today
>I know it all was worth it. She is reading so well.  She skills are getting
>better by the day.  She get it.  She knows that being a braille reader
>makes her  a reader and she likes being a reader.
>
>I am going to say something the first time I heard it seemed shocking to me
>and now I believe it .  "Braille isn't hard to learn."  Now helping your
>6-7 year old strong willed daughter learn to read while she is adjusting to
>vision loss was challenging.  We survived and we are both better for it.
>--
>--Penny
>----------
>A lucky mother to two amazing children - visionfora.blogspot.com
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