Mainstream School VS School for the blind with Jessica Karim & Joy Hu

[@yunhee93]

Carrie I can’t stop watching your videos! You make really interesting videos.

[@splashesin8]

I've had an on the road kind of life and changed public schools a few times because we had to travel to the next job my dad had.

[@LiveAccessible]

Wow that must have been rough! I Can't imagine. 😢

[@splashesin8]

@@LiveAccessible It was, really rough sometimes and really good, other times in terms of school, and diversity, in all kinds of ways. I did meet a lot of people along the way, all in the same boat whether there was money or not, or interestingly, fame or not. A lot of the same life stress would happen ironically down to if you could get something very basic that was needed. Social constructs effected us all in similar ways. We were all "not from around here." Some towns were very welcoming inclusive people, while other towns not even that much further up the road were not. Sometimes you'd think things would be a lot easier if you had money, but instead things would go as rough or even rougher than they did when there was no money. Sometimes the kids would be great and the adults would be sadistic and other times the adults would be great and the kids would be sadistic. My dad would pick up hitch hikers sometimes too, which made my mom and me very nervous, and he forced church three times a week wherever we were, which was also ironic and very different from place to place as well even within the same subculture of beliefs. It was a wild life. My dad is a welder.

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hi Carrie! It’s always so wonderful to see you. You look beautiful as ever. And this was such a very wonderful and informative video. I personally went to main stream school from kindergarten all the way to eighth grade. Then my parents put me in a private Christian school due to so much violence in schools at the time that they were afraid for my life due to my vision. I have a question for you Carrie. Apple is driving me crazy! How do you get Apple voice over to read a whole article for you? This seems to be some thing I struggle with and I just gave up after a while. There are so many news articles or just an article in general that you can’t blow up or if you blow it up it doesn’t move left to right so it Hass to be in small print which I can’t read. Show please help! Carrie you’re my only hope! LOL

[@LiveAccessible]

Hey Steven! You can use a two finger swipe down for voice over to read from next item. If the article is compatible, if you're in safari, there's an icon on the top right that voiceover calls format options. Select show reader if it is available and there you can change the font and have voiceover read it, too if you do the two finger swipe down. This way though, it shouldn't include ads. Though it is not always available.

[@irisgirl86music14]

I live in a suburb of a large city and I was very lucky to have an amazing vision teacher who worked with me from kindergarten to grade 11. She retired when I went into grade 12 but I was independent enough to not need her much anymore during the later years of high school. Throughout school, I had both a vision teacher (who would work with me 3 or 4 times a week or as needed) and an education assistant/braillist who attended class with me every day. I needed a significant amount of support in elementary school and my vision teacher taught me braille and all the other skills I needed to succeed academically. I began using electronic devices in 4th grade. My first device was a braille notetaker and then I got a computer at age 12. In high school I did the vast majority of my work using technology except for math, and I only had my education assistant in math and science classes where I needed things to be described visually. I became independent enough to not need my vision teacher or my education assistant much anymore in high school. This is thanks to my vision teacher who taught both me and my education assistants how to survive on our own. It just worked out really well. Also I did have an O and M instructor from K through 12 and that was great.

[@LiveAccessible]

HI there! I'm so glad that you were able to get all the resources you needed especially to get an education. I remember having a mobility and a vision teacher. She taught me braille, but I never used it since I relied on my vision so much. I wish that I did know more braille now. It can definitely be an advantage. I still know grade 1, but I have not learned UEB yet. I'm hoping to relearn it with Hadley. Let's see how it goes! Thanks so much and take care. Carrie.

[@toniedudley6593]

Hi Carrie Great live chat x

[@LiveAccessible]

Thanks tony! Really appreciate it. ❤️

[@alizarehman1790]

Terry I went to a mainstream school and to be honest I get all my resources you know in the way that I need them in braille but yes blind school does have it it is advantages and you know you’ve got mobility instructor is there everything is accessible but I would also recommend going to check out Molly Berks channel she actually went to school for the blind she did two videos in this

[@LiveAccessible]

Yes, according to her, she went for 2 years. but she did end up going back to mainstream school. I think they both have their advantages and disadvantages.

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

I think growing up for me going to a school for the blind would’ve been more beneficial for me in so many ways. I mean learning all the necessary techniques and things that you need to survive as someone who is blind. At this moment there’s only one school for the blind and that’s over in Daytona Beach Florida. Unfortunately, I didn’t know about it and so my parents didn’t know about it either. And to be honest with you I seriously doubt it that my parents word have suggested it or wanted me to go there.But that’s just a gas. It could be I am totally wrong and they probably would’ve love that I had gone there. So it’s one of those things that I guess I would never find out the answer to. But if I had two make a choice right now to go to our school for the blind even though I am older, I would. And if I ever had a child that had my vision condition I would definitely have my child go to the school for the blind and get the education that I didn’t get growing up. I wonder if it is too late for me to go? I mean I am 43 going on 44 this year.

[@LiveAccessible]

Hey Steven! So badly about this period honestly, most of the time they don't really teach students life skills. they do teach Braille and mobility, but not how to do real world thinks. I looked suggest looking into a program that does that period they have a lot of them where you stay there for a couple of weeks and they train you how to do everything as a blind person. I know a lot of people have gone to those programs and it really benefited them. Personally come up I would not feel comfortable sending my children to a school for the blind, because unfortuantely, the world isn't made for blind people and I would want them to learn how to do things in an environment where they could learn that. But like everything, there are pro's and con's. And the best decision has so many factors and it can be different for each person.

[@KristinaArntz]

hi Carrie, the link to the FB group isn't working and you also don't have Joy and Jessica's channels listed in the descripton. I could be overlooking something else so.... just make sure all the links are up and working. thanks.

[@LiveAccessible]

Thanks Christina for letting me know!! I forgot to put them in. oops. But it should be all fixed now.

[@yunhee93]

What is tbi?