It's not the money, although that's always an issue on the front lines where school districts are strapped for funds to hire Braille teachers and purchase supplies, rather it is our national priorities that get in the way.
I wonder if anyone else has stopped to ask what sort of education blind children of the super rich receive? In fact, do we ever hear of any of these children? Do the super rich have some gene that prevents them from having disabled children? Where do they go to school? Are they taught such skills as Braille and O&M?
I will offer a thought, without knowing what I'm talking about, which has never stopped me before. My thought is this, blind children of the super rich are tutored by special education teachers in a one on one setting. When money is no object and when it comes to caring for loved ones, the super rich will care for their own.
Just as we want to do for our loved ones.
One step we can take in this election year is to talk to the candidates and then vote for the people who support ending America's illegal wars and directing money into a new, quality public education that includes teaching blind children.
Curious Carl
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