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Well it doesn't mean I came from New England. Also, I've learned Braille over the Internet and at the Daytona Beach Rehabilitation Center.
Well it doesn't mean I came from New England. Also, I've learned Braille over the Internet and at the Daytona Beach Rehabilitation Center.
That is amazing that you went to a blind school, and yet you only have significent loss in one eye. Still.....at least you got to learn Braille and get interventions you might not have, if you'd gone to a regular school! Also amazing that they pushed you with a special diploma ....would have thought you would have automaticly been placed in the academic track!
deafdyke,
Schools for the blind accept children who have visual acuity from 20/70 (visually impaired) to total blindness.
I know several people who attended a state school for the blind and received special diplomas. Some of the academic curricula of schools for the blind do not follow the "regular" academic standards of public schools. In some cases (not all), academic instruction is several years below grade level. For example, at the school for the blind in my state, seniors were learning how to count money. To be fair, I don't know if there were extenuating circumstances that may explain why this skill wasn't learned at an earlier age.
Out of curiousity, what website did you use to learn Braille? Was it BRL (Braille Through Remote Learning) by any chance? If you haven't seen that website, you might want to check it out! Just do a Google search for "Braille Through Remote Learning."
deafdyke,
Schools for the blind accept children who have visual acuity from 20/70 (visually impaired) to total blindness.
I know several people who attended a state school for the blind and received special diplomas. Some of the academic curricula of schools for the blind do not follow the "regular" academic standards of public schools. In some cases (not all), academic instruction is several years below grade level. For example, at the school for the blind in my state, a few seniors were learning how to count money. To be fair, I don't know if there were extenuating circumstances that may explain why this skill wasn't learned at an earlier age.
Many students who currently attend our state school for the blind have multiple disabilities (in most cases mental disabilities) in addition to blindness. As a result, attendance numbers have fallen sharply and the school is in danger of closing. The situation I described occurred in 1990, but I'm hoping that things have improved since then.