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[charlene smyth]

Blind Kids Share Their Stories in Nick News with Linda Ellerbee "Out of Sight: How
Blind Kids See the World"
Airing Monday, Jan. 28, at 8PM (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2013 - Kids describe what it's like to live without sight in the
brand-new Nick News with Linda Ellerbee special, "Out of Sight: How Blind Kids See
the World," premiering Monday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon. They discuss
the challenges and
opportunities
 they face living in blindness.
"There are actually people who will stay away from us or won't talk to us," says
15-year-old Alyssa of Colorado Springs, Colo. "I had a friend - we were really good
friends - and after I went blind, he stopped coming around."
"Some people see my blindness as an easy target for bullying, for ridicule. You know,
taking advantage of my blindness," says 14-year-old Chris of Baltimore, Md.
The special discusses how many blind kids know more about what they can do than what
they cannot and how they use technologies to help them navigate a "sighted" world.
"Some people choose their clothes by using their vision," says 15-year-old Santiago
of Hollister, Calif. "I use an
application
 on my phone that tells me the color of my clothes."
10-year-old Xin Ju says she sees being blind as an advantage. "I don't need to see
something to believe in it. We use our hearts and our imaginations."
"We've listened to what these kids tell us," says Ellerbee. "What they want sighted
kids to know about them which is, in most cases, that they are just regular kids.
But me, I think they're pretty special."