[blindkid] never stands still

Sat Jun 12 03:51:17 UTC 2010

That's an interesting thing I noticed.  As a young child I was low vision, 
but I did run a lot and only crashed spectacularly on ocasion, but my sight 
deteriorated over time, and I lost most of it by 16.  It didn't occur to me 
until later on, how much I missed all out running, because, I, like many pre 
teens and young teenagers had shifted to accademic and artistic focuses from 
more physical ones and it was only when I was walking on a tred mill in the 
work out room in college that I felt this pang of depression and a very 
painful and real sense of loss, when I contemplated running on the tread 
mill and felt a spike of concern about whether or not I could or should.  I 
did, and it felt ackward at first, then I felt like I was flying again, and 
I realized how much hurt I had been feeling at an unconscious level, not 
having been able to run in almost ten years, and knowing that I could never 
do that, in the same way, ever again.  I am so glad that your daughter feels 
free and safe and empowered enough to let loose and run on the tread mill. 
Perhaps she might enjoy running with you, on a track or smoothe field where 
she knows she won't run into anything.  I have been contemplating lately 
either getting Jim to go running with me or taking up horseback riding 
again, because I miss that freedom so much.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy B" <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still


> Richard,
>
> Do you mind me asking how old Kendra was when you first started having her 
> use the treadmill?  And, how long will she stay on it at one time?
> Thanks,
> Kathy
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 3:02:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>
> Darian,
>
> I think you're exactly right-- virtually all kids have this sort of 
> energy. The thing that comes up with blind children more often is that 
> some of them have more trouble finding enough safe-feeling ways to release 
> the energy which must go somewhere. No doubt, ANY child who cannot (for 
> whatever reason, it need not be vision-related) move and jump and play as 
> much as he or she feels compelled to is likely to begin to express motion 
> and release energy in socially undesirable ways.
>
> My sighted kids can tear off and run and they're not afraid they'll crash 
> into a tree. Kendra won't do that, but she'll put that same level of 
> energy or excitement into jumping in a trampoline, swimming, or any number 
> of other "safe-feeling" activities. Something else I didn't tie to this 
> before-- back to the treadmill. Kendra is hesitant to run across a field, 
> no doubt she doesn't feel sure-footed enough when running and/or she 
> thinks she'll crash into something. However, on a treadmill she will walk 
> briskly or even sprint at times and she loves it.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Darian Smith wrote:
>
>> If I may-
>>  I think (and I could be wrong) that it's really a matter of having
>> alot of energy that needs to be expressed in some way.  getting your
>> child to be activ with regards to running, playing in a playground
>> withother kids  the child's age, swimming anything that will burn off
>> that energy might help. II feel  pretty confident  that sighted
>> children have just as much energy and run into the same things as
>> well.
>>  Just my thoughts and they are as valid are as invalid as youmay like
>> to take them.
>>  Best,
>>  Darian
>>
>> On 6/10/10, Heather <craney07 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Jeremy twirls, but he does not do it for prolonged periods, and all
>>> toddlers, sighted toddlers do that, although by three or four it does
>>> usually decrease from what I have seen in the early childhood field.  We
>>> usually try to shape the spinning into something, I.E. Duck Duck Goose 
>>> going
>>> in circles around one of us while we tap his head for ducks and pick him 
>>> up
>>> and raspberry and tickle him for goose, and Ring Around the Rosey, which
>>> with only one child, is pretty much just spinning with a song and a 
>>> planned
>>> fall down at the end.  Now he never spins without also singing the song, 
>>> so
>>> I'm not terribly concerned.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)"
>>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>>>
>>>
>>>> Our 7-year-old still does that occasionally and has done it since she 
>>>> was
>>>>
>>>> probably 2. I used to try to tell her to stop but we had far  better
>>>> results long term when we redirected her to something else.  Then once 
>>>> we
>>>> started offering her more and more movement alternatives  the problem
>>>> decreased greatly. If she's spinning a lot at home now,  we'll usually 
>>>> ask
>>>>
>>>> if she needs to go and jump. Generally, she'll stop  spinning with the
>>>> question and walk straight to her trampoline.
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:26 PM, L wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My daughter does the same thing, she is 3.  SHe will spin in circles 
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> makes me dizzy.  We have just told her, stop spinning, most of  the 
>>>>> time
>>>>> she does.  But even while spinning she is holding her  favorite 
>>>>> sensory
>>>>> toy, so I am not sure what to do either!  Thanks  for the question.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
>>>>> To: Blindkid email <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 12:42:54 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm no expert on this but I'm wondering if she is filling a sensory 
>>>>> need
>>>>>
>>>>> by this constant motion. Does she stop moving when you are  talking 
>>>>> with
>>>>> her or she is otherwise engaged? Perhaps providing her  with other 
>>>>> ways
>>>>> to gain sensory input would help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
>>>>> See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his 
>>>>> own
>>>>>
>>>>> way at his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com
>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Kathy B <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:18:43
>>>>> To: <BVI-Parents at yahoogroups.com>; <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: [blindkid] never stands still
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All-
>>>>>
>>>>> My daughter (4), totally blind, has a real hard time holding still. 
>>>>> She
>>>>>
>>>>> is constantly in motion by fidgeting, wiggling, bouncing, etc.   She
>>>>> doesn't do a whole lot of rocking but she does need motion.  How  do I
>>>>> get her to stop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please help!
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, the swimming lessons are going great!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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