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gvandcrew (U13857851)
Listed below are comments made by gvandcrew (U13857851) between Wednesday, 4th March 2009 and Wednesday, 4th March 2009
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Disability awareness? Ask a Brownie
Out of the blue, quite suddenly one day, A very tactless fellow parent told me 'we have to decide when S is coming round to your house so she can look after your son'. Asked her why on earth she felt her 9 year old needed to come and 'look after' an extremely independant 12 year old who happened to be blind. apparently she needed her disability badge at brownies. talked to my son about it who 'agreed': S came for tea which was cooked for her by said 12 year old, he showed her his braille books, talking programme on the computer and took her outside to play football and cricket then helped her to braille her own name to take back to Brownies. He explained very carefullyand gently that he didn't need looking after. She was very happy, her tactless mother not very pleased as her daughter hadn't got to 'look after' the 'poor little blind boy'. Soon changed when badge was awarded. I think the brownies policy is dumbing down and angled wrong. its not the chldrens fault but the grownups who have got the approach all wrong.
Disability awareness? Ask a Brownie
Out of the blue, quite suddenly one day, A very tactless fellow parent told me 'we have to decide when S is coming round to your house so she can look after your son'. Asked her why on earth she felt her 9 year old needed to come and 'look after' an extremely independant 12 year old who happened to be blind. apparently she needed her disability badge at brownies. talked to my son about it who 'agreed': S came for tea which was cooked for her by said 12 year old, he showed her his braille books, talking programme on the computer and took her outside to play football and cricket, showed her all his games-chess, monopoly, cards etc then helped her to braille her own name to take back to Brownies. He explained very carefullyand gently that he didn't need looking after. She was very happy, her tactless mother not very pleased as her daughter hadn't got to 'look after' the 'poor little blind boy'. Soon changed when badge was awarded. I think the brownies policy is dumbing down and angled wrong. It is not the childrens fault, it's the grownups who have got the approach all wrong.
Disability awareness? Ask a Brownie
Out of the blue, quite suddenly one day, A very tactless fellow parent told me 'we have to decide when S is coming round to your house so she can look after your son'. Asked her why on earth she felt her 9 year old needed to come and 'look after' an extremely independant 12 year old who happened to be blind. apparently she needed her disability badge at brownies. talked to my son about it who 'agreed': S came for tea which was cooked for her by said 12 year old, he showed her his braille books, talking programme on the computer and took her outside to play football and cricket then helped her to braille her own name to take back to Brownies. He explained very carefullyand gently that he didn't need looking after. She was very happy, her tactless mother not very pleased as her daughter hadn't got to 'look after' the 'poor little blind boy'. Soon changed when badge was awarded. I think the brownies policy is dumbing down and angled wrong. All my sons friends have no problems with him being a very normal chap who just happens to be blind, it's the grownups who have got the approach all wrong.
Ten things blind people don't care about
Don't care about art galleries.
definately care about birds. life without birdsong would be very dull. walking in parks and woods is boring without the chat, twitter and song of birds. early morning birdsong changes from season to season, waking up in spring and summer is made so much better when greeted by the early morning dawn chorus.
yes to tactile name badges,
Ten things blind people don't care about
another one for the list is art galleries.
However I definately care about birds. Walking around and hearing them sing, twitter and chat to each other enhances an otherwise boring walk through parks, woods etc. early morning bird song changes with the season: spring and summer would not be the same without bird song.
hooray for tactile name badges, yes please!