[blindkid] interesting article

[Carol Castellano]

Hi Heidi,

Glad you posted this article.  Our family heard about ONCE at an NFB 
convention way back when.  In 2002, we took a family trip to Spain 
and visited their incredible museum in Madrid.

There they had beautifully crafted scale models of Spain's most 
famous buildings and in another room, the famous buildings and 
monuments of the world, such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the 
Eiffel Tower.  My personal favorite was the Roman Aqueduct of 
Segovia, Spain, which was set in  a giant diarama showing the start 
of the aqueduct up in the hills and following it all the way down to 
the city.  Truly incredible.

Our daughter Serena was in heaven because they also had audio, which 
she could listen to in Spanish (she loves languages), and a guide in 
Spanish braille that she could take home.  So she ended up with her 
own tour book of all the places we were going to visit.  It was just 
terrific.  We advise, if anyone is going to Spain, to go directly to 
this museum from the airport and then on to the rest of your 
trip.  That way your blind child will have as good an introduction to 
the touring you will do  as the rest of the family.  We had a most 
wonderful time.

Carol


At 02:05 PM 7/11/2011, you wrote:

>I found this article very interesting, thought I share.
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>Heidi
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>http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jul/02/news/mn-46882
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