[blindkid] "I like it"
Carol Castellano
carol_castellano at verizon.net
Sat Mar 10 01:50:05 UTC 2012
Hey, Penny, I think we can use that--"Braille...I like it!" You put
a great big smile on my face tonight!
Carol
Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org
At 08:35 PM 3/9/2012, you wrote:
>Today my 8 year old daughter and I had a discussion about braille. We were
>talking about how some kids don't get braille even when it could help them.
> She was than told me about one of her friends (who she has O&M with
>sometimes) hates braille. She told me she really wishes her friend would
>give it more of a try. She than said. "Braille... I like it." I realize
>as I type out those words that it doesn't come across how positive and
>happy she was when she said those words. To say the past year and half has
>been hard would be an understatement. My daughter becoming blind has been
>such a journey the past 18 months. It was so hard dealing with her
>frustrations, impatience and resistance. She was angry that she had to do
>things differently than her classmates. She was angry that she had to
>learn to do things differently. I will simply horrible at times. Today
>I know it all was worth it. She is reading so well. She skills are getting
>better by the day. She get it. She knows that being a braille reader
>makes her a reader and she likes being a reader.
>
>I am going to say something the first time I heard it seemed shocking to me
>and now I believe it . "Braille isn't hard to learn." Now helping your
>6-7 year old strong willed daughter learn to read while she is adjusting to
>vision loss was challenging. We survived and we are both better for it.
>--
>--Penny
>----------
>A lucky mother to two amazing children - visionfora.blogspot.com
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