[blindkid] Learning to Read..

[Richard Holloway]

Kendra can be rather challenging as well and is sometimes motivated by cash and prizes to the point of concern but I was still so tickled that she won her division that I was almost giddy when I heard it. 

For me, it is a reinforcement and reminder that I actually am right when it comes to Kendra, and no doubt all of our kids; that these are indeed typical kids who can go out and compete and do their own things and be their own little people. 

Earlier this summer, there was a camp that all "gifted-identified" kids at school were invited to participate in. Well, it turns out that they weren't really intending to invite Kendra (Or at least they were clearly hoping we would not accept the offer.) We figured this out when they called within three hours of dropping off the form and payment to tell us they were not really in a position to adapt anything for her, etc.

Mind you, she did go and participate in that as well, but it turned into the usual fiasco initially as they figured out how to "deal with" a blind kid coming. Silly stuff, really. Still, it is things like the contest that sort of counter all of the daily battles to have our kids treaded normally. I think we've all earned our excessive happiness with this event!



On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:48 AM, Penny Duffy wrote:

> Thank you Richard and Debbie..
> 
> I feel a little dorky being so happy.  Its been a very hard year.  She has
> worked so hard at time and then other times fought the process so hard.  Its
> really funny how motivated she is with cash.
> 
> -Penny
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:
> 
>> I think a lot of the people who aren't too enthusiastic about braille for
>> the blind are people who have never seen blind kids (or adults) reading
>> braille. I have never known a child, sighted or blind, who enjoys reading
>> more than my daughter and based on what I'm reading here today, I suspect
>> there are several more kids of parents on this list who fall into that same
>> level of appreciation and excitement where braille reading is concerned.
>> What a shame that it takes so much effort to get some people on d with
>> encouraging and supporting braille for our children.
>> 
>> Bonnie, super to hear about Aubrie as well. Congratulations to her and
>> anyone else I have yet to hear about with the contest; how exciting!
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 26, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Penny Duffy wrote:
>> 
>>> My daughter Abby and I had a great day of reading today.    She has
>> entered
>>> a stage where she is giving me less resistance in reading.  Then again It
>>> could be the .25 a book I promised her  (she was up to three books today)
>>> She is trying to earn money for convention.  I have just really seen her
>>> start to really get better.  I really hope with a lot of practice this
>>> summer she will be at a second grade reading level when she starts
>> school.
>>> Which would be pretty good considering she was just introduced to braille
>>> in November.
>>> 
>>> What a strange wonderful trip its  been this year. I can't imagine anyone
>>> who thinks braille is obsolete  would feel that way watching Abby read
>>> tonight. She was just another 7 year old reading a book with her mother.
>>> --Penny
>>> ----------
>>> Adventures with Abby - visionfora.blogspot.com
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> --Penny
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