[blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice

[Debby B]

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From: DrV <icdx at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 7:21:48 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice

Hi Everyone,

Vejas participated as part of his Middle School Team in our regional Science Olympiad

http://soinc.org/short_event_descriptions#write.

He did the trajectory with his friend & they did well. He & his team are moving on to the State Finals in April :-)

My question is that most of the events seem pretty visually oriented & not particularly accessible, at least from what I raed on them.

I did not have a chance to actually see most of the events as they were scattered around the university campus.

Have any of you kids or students participated in the Science Olympiad & if so do you have any pearls of advice?

Is there another event that you might suggest as well that would be accessible to a blind studnet?



As a side note, we discovered a new creative use for the NFB cane. When we got there, it turns out that to launch the catapult, the participants' whole body had to be behind the boxed off area. Since their catapult, like a number of others, had a side release that presented a bit of a problem. On the spot creative solution: as the launching pin was attached to a string, they tied that to the end of Vejas long white cane. Fortunately the cane was long enough that he could knee behind the boxed off area & then snap his cane to the right, pulling out the pin -> they hit the targets on each of the allotted 4 tries :-)



I look forward to any insights you may have to offer.

Thanks in advance,

Eric V


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