This gorgeous little girl from York is on our local news quite a lot. It occurred to me that many of you may not have heard her story.
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I saw this on the local news this morning. It was a lovely thing to do.
How awful though to be born without eyes. She'll never see flowers,rainbows,butterflies.
In fact she'll never see anything.
She's such a beautiful little girl and i'm sure she will have a happy life.Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them. -
What a sweet little girl. She has clearly got a loving and caring family as well as lots of experts to help her live in a sighted world. I hope the amazing support she gets helps her to live her life to the full, but I agree with Nanto - how sad that she will never see the beautiful things in our universe.
She's already making great progress and the Braille art gift is lovely.
I remember reading an article by David Blunkett some years ago and he said the best thing that happened to him was going to a school for blind children and learning to read Braille. He also said he only owned black socks.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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Oh how sweet and she’s a happy baby ,
It is sad she won’t see those things but she will compensate in other ways,
When I was learning sign language many years ago ( forgot most of it now )
Someone asked the tutor did he feel sad not being able to hear voices or music ,
He said as he had never heard any he couldn’t feel sad or upset as he had no concept of sound
He couldn’t even imagine what it would be like.
I suppose it will be the same for this little girl , they will be able to tell her what they look like but she will have no image to draw on.
Her family look like the kind of people that will not let her disability stop her doing whatever she wants and achieving a fulfilling life .Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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When i worked with special needs children,i learnt sign language.
Not the British Sign Language,we used to us the Makaton sign language.Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.Comment
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I agree that although so sad, she has a lovely supportive family, and as she has never known sight she can't miss it.
I feel sad that my sister is blind and profoundly handicapped. Sad that she is missing everything in life that others have, but she knows no different.
I knew a young man who was brain damaged after an accident. He remembered that he used to be able to drive and have nights out with his friends ( who all fell away over time)“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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That’s sad Gem poor lad.
Nanto
Trouble with learning sign language if you don’t use it regularly you forget most and you need to keep up with the changing signs.
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Gem, how sad for that young man. I hope he's been able to make some new friends who understand how things are for him. I remember how sad I felt when GS1 was first diagnosed with autism. We had no indication of how he might live his life, but thankfully, he's got a great job that he loves, a good social life through work, and is very mature and caring.
Oma and Nanto - I've always been fascinated by sign language but never taken an opportunity to learn it.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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