Eyes of a Child

2/18/2024

Introduced to Amanda, we join her at school assembly where an hymn in what looks like what was once a stately home is sung perfectly. No traditional hymnals, though - the children and their music teacher use Braille. During the singing, we take a quick look around the school and see classrooms for everything from sport to science - and they all look just the same as usual. Most of the teachers are sighted, but all are adept at teaching and reading the language of raised and sunken dots on a page that opens up a world of communication to the children. Learning to write is another, quite noisy, matter as we see (and hear) the children using their own specially adapted six-key typewriters and they can build up quite an head of steam! One eleven year old lad has written quite a funny essay abo