Posted by Hilary
I went to a junior high school to speak to students. It was Diversity Day, and so they asked questions and we told them about what we do at the Orientation Center.
We went in, met with the health sciences teacher and kids came in for three or four different periods. There were people there with us who were deaf and were minorities.
They had questions. Kids are funny. Their questions were like: “How do you guys do computers?” “How do you read Braille?”
We showed them the slate and stylus and how we learned our cane travel. They were all interested. The biggest question was, “How do you guys get a dog?”
I loved it. And I think most of these kids went home and told their parents and friends about it. It’s teaching them that people are different and to be more accepting. They didn’t have this when I was younger. It was nice for me to see something like this in the schools. One kid even came and shook each of our hands and thanked us for coming. It was nice. A good group of kids. They were all very respectful and attentive.
We took a poll and asked how many of them knew people with visual impairments and out of 30 there were about 9 who raised their hands. I think about when I was growing up I didn’t know anybody who was blind.
