[Pibe-division] Be Seen

[DrV]

How true!
My 14 y/o has had to wear sunglasses for much of the last year due to
surgeries, eye sensitivities, conformer problems & such. He also in middle
school tended to be on his BrailleNote a lot in between classes.
We had a long talk with him & encouraged him to not be on the BrailleNote or
phone during school downtime with the idea that if he did not appear "busy"
he would appear to be more open to other kids coming up to him or could
focus on conversations around him that he might want to join. His eyes have
settled down & his temporary conformer isn't bothering him this last week,
so he hasn't been wearing the sunglasses.
He commented this weekend & again last night how he has notices a huge
difference without the sunglasses in that lots of kids are coming up &
talking to him spontaneously.
DrV
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Dr. Denise M. Robinson <
dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Be SEEN <http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/09/be-seen.html>
> As I set up and teach my students about SKYPE<http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/>or Google
> Video <http://www.google.com/chat/video>, I often hear the phrase, "I
> don't need video because I'm blind!"
>
> I remind them of our lessons on "looking people in the face," when talking
> to them, standing and walking tall and confident, and making that personal
> connection. It is the same principal. Sighted people want to "see" you. To
> make a good impression, we need to hold ourselves in a certain way and with
> the majority of people being sighted, they want to see, so let's be SEEN.
>
> Even when I virtually meet with people around the country: Given a choice
> of whether we do just voice over a phone or video conferencing, across the
> board, people want video. It does not matter that you cannot see someone;
> video is like standing next to them, making that connection, almost like a
> touch. It is getting outside ourselves and thinking about what works best
> for that other person. Then finding a way to make it happen and
> accomplishing so much more in the process
>
>        Denise
>
> Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
> TechVision-Independent Contractor
> Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
> 509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com <deniserob at gmail.com>
>
> http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
>
>
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