I am visually impaired and I grew up carrying around the gigantic textbooks you all speak about. The atlas I used was gigantic. The dictionary was equally heavy. But I used them even with the offhand comments from my classmates.
I grew up using the CCTV enlargers and even one of the very first Kurzweil reading machines.
You couldn't push a Kurzweil around back then, but I would often push the CCTV from class or have it moved to different areas depending when I needed it. Science on Tuesday, and Social Studies on...
What I can tell you is that no matter what people might think of their child as they grow up with their adaptive technology. The individual will benefit greatly from its use. I still use visual aids that were provided to me back in grammar school. I am grateful for the time and resourses invested to teach me how to function in a sighted world.
To this very day I do not hesitate to pull out my monocular or slip on my heavy monocular mounted glasses. Because I know with the help of these aids I am a better person, plus a productive part of society.
I can't drive a car or pilot the space shuttle. But I can get around and operate well enough in the world to live what I consider a very fulfilling life.
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I am visually impaired and I grew up carrying around the gigantic textbooks you all speak about. The atlas I used was gigantic. The dictionary was equally heavy. But I used them even with the offhand comments from my classmates.
I grew up using the CCTV enlargers and even one of the very first Kurzweil reading machines.
You couldn't push a Kurzweil around back then, but I would often push the CCTV from class or have it moved to different areas depending when I needed it. Science on Tuesday, and Social Studies on
What I can tell you is that no matter what people might think of their child as they grow up with their adaptive technology. The individual will benefit greatly from its use. I still use visual aids that were provided to me back in grammar school. I am grateful for the time and resourses invested to teach me how to function in a sighted world.
To this very day I do not hesitate to pull out my monocular or slip on my heavy monocular mounted glasses. Because I know with the help of these aids I am a better person, plus a productive part of society.
I can't drive a car or pilot the space shuttle. But I can get around and operate well enough in the world to live what I consider a very fulfilling life.