Amazing! This is a lesson for me too. On 1/17/15, payal jethra <[email protected]> wrote: > "I want you to read what I have written. I want you to see" is what my > seven year old son insisted as I sat him on my lap completing his > Hindi assignment. > > > As a visually challenged single parent, one of the hitches I face > while taking up my son's studies is figuring out how to establish > written communication between parent & child: A visually challenged > parent would leave a messege or Braille or audio note for a child who > returns from school to read... "Hope you had a Terrific Tuesday, > Sweetheart. When Mommy returns we shall pick up reading the Science > lesson on Light and Shadows. Till then...take care and be good! (And > draw a smiley face at the end)" > > My residual vision allows me to scribble a line or two with a chalk on > a blackboard or using a marker on a white board, but what adaptations > would help him write to me? > > At school, he is doing very well with oral, elocutions and > recitations....however, when it comes to written work whether it is at > home or at school, he does it with lack of interest and the only area > where he requires improvement is his handwriting. Technology and > accessibility has been a boon in enabling me scan his text books, type > out and save his class work and set tests and practice papers thus > doing my bit in complimenting the effort of my friend who takes up his > studies volentarily as a tuition teacher. > > When a subject is covered in class, and after we have read through the > text and note books, we Google "our solar system" or long "division" > or watch a you tube of the subject together. This activity helps me > gauge his understanding of the subject and answer any questions which > may pop up. > > It is my strong belief that visual limitations must not be allowed to > come in the way of a parent taking up a child's studies or motivating > him academically. > The only gap is in the different tools my son and I use to read and > write. His lack of interest in writing may or may not be linked to my > visual impairment or inability to help with his written work. It could > be a mere phase of childishness, however, the question of establishing > written communication with him still remains he and I being on > different wavelengths and me not wanting him to use a phone or > computer as a tool to write to me? > > Friends, your thoughts and ideas on how to bridge if not eliminate > this gap in written communication between a visually challenged Mon > and a young child & rekindle his desire and love for writing would be > appreciated. > > Regards, > Payal > > Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
