A class I am enrolled in is currently discussing deafblindness. This means a student could be in some form both deaf and blind, or completely deaf and completely blind. Today we were showed numerous videos of a young child named Clarisa Vollmar. Her parents have a public Facebook page for her, to educate the public and share her successes. As I reflect about what I have seen of her life so far I am amazed and heartened by the support their community, family and therapists offer the family in acceptance and tools to enable Clarisa to live as full a life as possible.
I have a cousin who is blind and nonverbal. She has and continues to spend most of her life in an institution. Clarisa knows her family members, feels her dad's beard, loves when her mom rolls her around on the bed and enjoys feeling vibrations of TV shows like Sponge Bob, sent to her special vest. I am so glad we live in a time where every measure can be taken to further the abilities and quality of life of a child with special needs. I wish I could have known my cousin better. Everyone in the family was kind to her, but she was relegated to sitting on the couch while everyone went around her and then returned her back to her institution. Clarisa's life will not be like that and I am so grateful.
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AuthorSpecial Education major in a university teaching program. Substitute teacher, previous homeschool mom, wife. Archives
September 2019
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