[blindkid] "I like it"

Penny Duffy pennyduffy at gmail.com
Sat Mar 10 02:24:50 UTC 2012


I really don't how she has turned into such a little braille advocate. She
also went into detail about who she thinks should get braille.  I really
didn't think I had said that much around her.

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Carol Castellano <
carol_castellano at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
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>
> 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.
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>> --Penny
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