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Index Number: 26376

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

  Carol

WOW I am sorry about your misfortune in residential schools. I have
gone to schools for Learning Disabled people and I got a great
education. I dont know if that is because LD schools tend to be
private or what. But I too, have noticed since I have worked as a
volunteer at Perkins School For the Blind in the Deaf-Blind
Departement and from the Deaf-Blind department I can see why the
students there are so isolated. It is because high functioning
Deaf-blind students are being mainstreamed rather tan Perkins.
There are only about three Smart Deaf-Blind students ans they are
at different ages. THe res rest of the students are deaf-blind and
mentallly retarded or with multihandicaps which makes the smart
deaf-blind studetns feel isolaed only to soicalize with low
functoning studetns. but 10 years ago Perkins was better and had
more high functiong students but now Perkins has become more of a
real institution for multihandicapped students.

There is one Deaf-Blind Smart 17 year old who I think should be
placed in a Deaf school instead of Blind school becuse there are
more serices and Deaf stuents to socialize with and curriculums are
geared toward the Deaf. As he is. His best friend is 17 year old
Deaf young man at The American School  For The Deaf and I wish they
would go to ASD together! Perkins becomes tooooo paternalistic
sometimes.

and very strict about certain things and the 17 year old gets
punished for stupd things that the dorm staff catch punish him for
really nothing!

Sam Calvert

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