We talked about sports that would be available to a visually impaired person and how others might be modified. We learned about goalball which is a sport specifically for the visually impaired. You can see it played here.
Next, each child was assigned the name of a person who is visually impaired. Options might be Louis Braille, Fanny Crosby, Helen Keller, Morris Frank (and/or Buddy, the dog), Ray Charles, or Erik Weihenmayer. They were given an assignment to research their person and to create a poster presentation for the group. The posters were to answer the following questions:
1. Tell us something about your person's childhood, including how and when he/she went blind.
2. Tell us something about your person's adulthood.
3. What is your person known for?
4. If you could choose 5 descriptive words for your person, what would they be?
5. What does this person's life teach you?
6. If your person's life was made into a movie, what would you call it?
7. What is one quote from your person that you found interesting?
The children also included 3 pictures of their person and used a stylus to "write" their person's name in Braille.
The presentations were interesting and informative and we all learned that blindness doesn't have to stop someone from pursuing a dream.
Finally, we took some of Victor's board books and added textures, 3-D objects, and braille to make them more enjoyable for him.
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