Education of Sighted Children About Blindness

Education of Sighted Children About Blindness

American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Outreach Worker Handbook
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EDUCATION OF SIGHTED CHILDREN ABOUT BLINDNESS
Children are curious about the world around them. If those children are sighted, it is natural that they will want to know about blindness. The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults believes that it is important to help children get a positive and accurate understanding of blindness before their attitudes are completely formed and become difficult to change.
Questions Kids Ask About Blindness was written to give children basic information. Outreach workers can use this book as the basis for an ongoing education program in local school districts.
Does your school library actively search for books to add to its collection? If it does, you can let the library collection development committee read Questions Kids Ask About Blindness.
Does your school system teach a unit about handicapped individuals? If so, teachers may be delighted to have a speaker who can talk about blindness. You can coordinate a speaker's bureau of blind people who can visit schools and talk with children.
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