[Nfbwv-talk] Check This Out

[Marcus Soulsby]

I got it on TiVo.  Will dub to VHS or DVD if/when I can.

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On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:44 AM, "Jack Yahnke" <jack at seeinghandassociation.com> wrote:

> Thanks Charlene,
> 
> I wish that I had seen this message yesterday.
> 
> Jack
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "charlene smyth" <cs.nfbwv at frontier.com>
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> Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] Check This Out
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>> 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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