[Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

[justin williams]

A lot of it is putting the child in position to experience the world through
their other senses.  If I am sitting in a group of people, and something
totally visual is on a TV screen, and I don't react to it, I can come off as
developmentally delayed; if the child doesn't stack the blocks, because they
don't see the other kids doing it, they may come off developmentally delayed
even with no mental disabilities.  Anytime you are not quite on what
everyone else is doing, it can seem like that.  

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From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
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Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

>From the time I was very small, I was taught to look in people's direction
when they talked, to reach out and shake hands, things like that.  Plus I
grew up with brothers and I had to be rough and tumble to get along with
them.  Plus I tried and still try to be observant.  I am blind from birth,
too.  A lot of my life I have been mainly with sighted folks.  But in the
last couple years, it's been more with blind folks.  I think that perhaps we
can't really generalize about blind from birth versus becoming 
blind later on.  It really depends on so many factors.    
Blessings,    Debby and Neena

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