Hello, Great topic, I'm sure we'll get many different views. I am a complete advocate for the disabled to be granted equal access in any and all public...
The only reason I am in favor for residential schools is that so many public school systems are not equipped to teach blind kids all the things they need to...
You are correct, I do not disagree. The best thing is probably the most impossible, we want the disabled children to have all the equal rights of the...
Hello all, I am preparing a board meeting, for my company. Within this meeting is a dedicated time to discuss the need for talking, voice activated/voice...
Hi. A while back, someone on a board like this one said that in Sweden (or maybe it was Switzerland), the unempoyment rate among blind and visually impaired...
What I think would be even better than residential schools or mainstreaming is self-contained classes (or co-ops) for Blind/VI students in regular education...
I am confused with your views. If you want the blind to socialize with the quoted sighted students, but you fear they will have no other blind students to...
This is very true, in the Baltic States, that is countries as The Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, for example, are more accepting and caring for their disabled,...
I, too, believe that a sort of mixture of regular classes and classes designated for blind students would be good, and I have heard of that occurring. The...
There must be enough specially trained teachers available, and there must be an adequate supply of special materials and equipment to teach blind kids....
This is information that is known and available to anyone in the region. I know this by experience, by visiting these countries and experiencing the...
Okay, here comes my two cents... As a former teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) and now coordinator of programs for students who are visually impaired in...
That was great to hear, thank you for your time and information shared. Now, lets try a topic, as this. One of the sectors, of gaining independence, is...
<<<I am confused with your views. If you want the blind to socialize with the quoted sighted students, but you fear they will have no other blind students to ...
Hi, Would you send me a personal email? I might like to interview you, if you don't mind, for my research. I want to speak with some teachers of blind...
Hello again, I hear your concerns but as a blind individual, who took the road unlike what you feel is best, I have these experiences when your way is taken....
Well put and I wholeheartedly agree that the blind/disabled have to reach out to the non-disabled community to teach them we are people just like them and not...
I agree. It is strange, though. For example, I work at the National Center for the Blind in Baltimore, and we are almost constantly doing something to make...
Roger, so true so true. I applaud your input... ... From: capsecrr@... To: blindness@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:22 PM Subject: Re:...
Danika: I attened public schools as a sighted individual through med school and residency. In the sixth grade our oublic school participated in an exchange ...
If I post two messages, I apologize. My page closed down in the middle of my post. Anyway, I do agree that blind kids should socialize with sighted kids, and...
Danika, Are you not understanding your own ideology as being constrictive to one's ability to learn the needed aspects of being blind? First, one can not...
Umm. . . I am a researcher. It is a fact that blind people, on average, are more educated. That is, more blind people go on to college than people with other...
Danika, Too funny, What I said was that with your claim that blind people are the most intelligent, bright or otherwise, you simply may get an argument from...
<<<I look forward to this thread continuing...>>> I do too. I think this is a very good topic and I'm glad it was brought up. It's nice to see this group...
I never said blind people were actually more intelligent. Just, on average, more educated. I read the rest of your post, and I disagree. If public schools...
Probably, we will have to agree to disagree on this subject, but maybe I didn't explain myself well enough. I believe that, for the most part, when sighted...
Hi, I'm one of those special teachers of children with visual impairments. Both residential schools and public schools have their place and I've been at both....
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