<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">How true!</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">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.</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">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. <br>
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.<br>DrV<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">
</span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Dr. Denise M. Robinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com">dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><span><h3><a href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/09/be-seen.html" target="_blank">Be SEEN</a>
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As I set
up and teach my students about <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/" target="_blank"><font color="#473624">SKYPE</font></a>
or <a href="http://www.google.com/chat/video" target="_blank"><font color="#473624">Google Video</font></a>, I often hear the
phrase, "I don't need video because I'm blind!"<br><br>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. <br><br>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</div></span><div></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Brush Script MT";font-size:18pt"><font color="#4040ff"> Denise </font></span></div>
<div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Brush Script MT";font-size:18pt"></span> </div><div>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <br>Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired<br>TechVision-Independent Contractor</div>
<div>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</div><div><a href="tel:509-674-1853" value="+15096741853" target="_blank">509-674-1853</a> <a href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> deniserob@gmail.com</a></div>
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