Tzipporah.Benavraham@f608.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Tzipporah Benavraham) (10/26/90)
Index Number: 11304
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Hi. I met a blind lonely kid on KIDSNET of bitnet. She lives in
Virginia. Her teacher told me she is mentally retarded (mildly) and
when she was 5 years old placed crazy glue on her eyes trying to
imitate her sister putting in contact lenses. Corneal damage! She is 14
now and in Jr High and her teacher wants her to use the computer for
language arts skills. I wonder, If I got the bitnet/internet address
for her, would any of you be willing to send her email? She is so
lonely and lives with her old grandma. Hardly an exciting life. But she
did write me a letter that she wears Nike Lightening shoes and jeans
and was happy to have a big sister writing to her. It was exciting to
hav the mail. For the first time she WANTS to write. Also, they have
Texas Instrument computers. and one TRS80 model 4D. They were
donations. I have used both in the past and have some ideas for her.
But does anyone there have any ideas for her for low vision
applications for these? Thanks. Hope to hear from you soon.
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