Getting dressed
03 Jun 2009 09:58 am
Each morning, the students at the School for the Blind get up, take a shower, and then get dressed. Most of us do not even think about how we put our clothes on: we just do it, buttoning our shirts and blouses without even looking and tying our shoelaces automatically. But the blind children cannot learn by sight so they have to be taught how to button up their clothes. They learn by using a square frame with a piece of cloth on each side. On one piece of cloth is a line of buttons and on the other holes. This is how the children learn to how to open and close buttons, making sure that when they dress themselves they are looking as smart as everyone else.