[Nfbwv-talk] Check This Out

[Jack Yahnke]

Thanks Charlene,

I wish that I had seen this message yesterday.

Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlene smyth" <cs.nfbwv at frontier.com>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 6:34 PM
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] Check This Out


> 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."
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