[nfbwatlk] New to NFB

Mon Dec 1 00:52:24 UTC 2014

Hi Kristina,
Welcome! My name is Arielle Silverman and I have been an NFB member
for eleven years. I just moved to Seattle and have enjoyed being part
of the Seattle chapter of the NFB. We are having a holiday party next
weekend. If you didn't see the details posted here, I can send them to
you. It could be a great opportunity for you and your daughter to get
to know us!
Best, Arielle

On 11/30/14, Lauren Merryfield via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> Oh dear! I've heard similar stories through the years. We had students at
> the school for the blind who they called "sight-saving students" who were
> higher partials who had trouble reading and got headaches etc, because they
> weren't taught braille. Some of them really wanted to learn braille, too,
> when they saw how well it worked for us.
> Thanks
> Lauren
>
> Blessings to you in the name of Jesus Christ
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> understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy
> paths." Proverbs #3#5-6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Becky
> Frankeberger via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 4:00 PM
> To: 'Kristina Sawyckyj'; 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] New to NFB
>
> Please please don't be a parent like mine, too embarrassed to fully get the
> help there child needed. I was always behind in reading, thus felt and was
> horribly teased as dumb, my child's interpretation. I could read slowly
> large print, but it gave me a headache if I read more than a few pages. I
> was never allowed to walk on my own. I had to be led by another child or
> adult. Thus other children were more capable then I was, my child's
> interpretation. Thus I learned how to manipulate the system. I graduated
> from high school barely reading at a fifth grade level. The school system
> just passed me through as they thought I was dumb, my young adult
> interpretation.
>
> So I sat at home with no self-esteem, no abilities. No hope.
>
> My eight year old grandson walks to the mailbox a quiet street away to get
> the mail. He learned how to wash his own clothes, wash dishes, load a dish
> washer, feed his dog and change the dog's water. He dresses himself picks
> out his own clothes, plays chess, loves to learn. By the way his dad
> watches
> him walk those two blocks to the mailbox. Let's not get irresponsible here.
> He is supervised washing dishes, needs help making his bed.
>
> So you have a lot to teach her to set your expectations high of her and
> yourself.
>
> At eight I sat in front of the TV, as my parents had no expectations.
>
> I should have been learning how to use a long white cane. I should have
> with
> supervision walked to the store around the corner from me, bought the small
> groceries, paid and walked home with my cane keeping me safe. I should have
> learned the skills of blindness, including Braille. I should have learned
> other techniques to keep up with my peers.
>
> If you are not interpreting things around you like steps, when to cross a
> street, you may need a cane as well. Your interpretation because of the
> head
> injury might be blurring what is safe and what isn't safe walking down the
> street. So a long white cane might be a good option for you, not sure.
> There
> is a gal on another list who has fine vision, but because of how her brain
> processes, she will fall down the steps without her long white cane. This
> condition is pretty rare, but I thought I would put it out there anyway.
>
> So good job momma for getting the eye evaluation. Good job getting her and
> O
> and M assessment. Good job for getting a good solid IEP.
>
> Becky, college graduate,  former Commissioner HRC, who owns her own
> business
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kristina
> Sawyckyj via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 1:18 PM
> To: Kaye Kipp; portillo.jim at gmail.com; nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] New to NFB
>
> My daughter and I are visually impaired. Mine was a result of a massive
> head
> injury on active duty in 1988. I have 7 living kiddos and my youngest,
> Sarahrose, was born with double and blurry vision since birth. She is 8 and
> goes to First Place Scholars charter school for homeless families in
> Seattle- Raineir Valley.  She is struggling to read and is at a
> kindergarten
> level. I am hooked up with. Ms. Janet with the services for the blind in
> Seattle. I am waiting for the school for the blind to figure out how to
> access her, as she is in washington's very first public charter school.
> She does see Dr. Hamilton at Swedish in 2 weeks for her first comprehensive
> vision exam.
>
> Being partially sighted seems to make life harder as she tries so hard to
> be
> sighted but that is not working for her.  I am working with her to teach
> her
> to rely on her other senses but we are new to all of this.
>
> I would love to connect with other WA parents and others.
>
> Kristina
>
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