[blindkid] talking to a child about blindness

[julietnan]

Hi, I wondered if any of you could share with me the different ways you have talked to your children about being blind. The ways to explain it, or how to answer questions they might have. My daughter is 2.5 and I want to talk with her about it in a normal sort of way. I don't want to make her feel like there is something "wrong" with her, don't want to use the "your eyes are broken", as from my mind, that would be negative. I want to just be able to talk about it in a gentle normal sort of way, any help would be appreciated. I just don't want to say the wrong thing.