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Love isn’t BLIND it’s DEAF!
My 13 year old daughter announced to me the other day that she is in love! As a young girl once myself, (many, many years ago, ) I remember the joy of first love, the innocence, the caring how you...
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The Baptism from HELL
I don’t mean to be blasphemes, but I am sure that all you parents out there with “difficult” children can understand what kind of hell we live with from time to time. Most of the time raising children...
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The Dance of the Snake Goddesses
A very conservative lawyer friend had a very conservative lawyer wife who had taken up belly dancing. She and 2 friends were so skilled in this talent that they were chosen to be performers for a...
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The Deaf Leading the Blind: “But I was just TALKING to her…”
My job is a social worker for children who are blind includes coordinating both a summer and winter program for the children with whom we work. Last winter we went to an indoor water park during...
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Twenty Ways to Get Your Child to Leave a Waterpark…
I took my daughter, Marie, to a water park today. Water parks are wonderful inventions!!! All kinds of neat stuff to do in the water. There is a big wave pool, which is kind of like swimming in the...
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An Active Life with Limited Vision
Francis, who is severely visually impaired enough to be considered legally blind, was skilled enough that he was able to attend a mainstream kindergarten. He needed some modifications, including...
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How Do the Blind See a Tree?
Most people can look up and see a tree. To a child who is blind or visually impaired, their concept of a tree is the bark they can feel. Their concept of a tree is that it is” rough”. If they have...
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Therapy Dog…Miracle?
Nine years ago, when we adopted our daughter who is deaf, a friend who is blind donated to us his newly retired Seeing Eye Dog. The dog, age 6, was getting to be a little bit too old to guide this...
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The Joy of a Successful Life
Raising 4 Kids with Disabilities and Remaining Sane...the book... Deliver to:Kindle Cloud Reader How buying worksAvailable on your Mac Share Share your own customer images The Apple Tree:...
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I KNOW there is a heaven.
I generally try to write upbeat posts…that with whatever difficulties we have, there is always something good to find. This post will be different than the rest…it will be about my younger brother’s...
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As The Sun Set in the Warm September Sky
It was 95 degrees today! On the 6th of September! My daughter, Marie, and I spent most of the day at the movies where it was cool and comfy, munching on buttered popcorn and drinking Diet Coke. Coming...
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