tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34368715.post6549769931979198470..comments2023-08-26T05:41:00.450-07:00Comments on The Orange Deafie Blog: 140 Years: Landmark Anniversary For Deaf, Blind SchoolOCDAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746602479574653008noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34368715.post-49588284025062502802010-06-20T22:26:05.000-07:002010-06-20T22:26:05.000-07:00Though 140 years is an impressive milestone, I dis...Though 140 years is an impressive milestone, I disagree with the need for segregated schools for the blind. I know from personal experience that being isolated from the rest of the public warps the character of people. When able-bodied kids interact with disabled peers, they learn that those kids aren't freaks but individuals who just happen not to be able to hear or see. Isolating children also causes them to turn inward. After 40 years of being released from Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and Blind in Vancouver, B.C., I still have some difficulties with relating to fully-sighted folks. I look forward to the day when children can be educated at home and integrated fully into society rather than sent to distant asilums.Bruce Atchisonhttp://www.inscribe.org/BruceAtchisonnoreply@blogger.com