20240924 - Tuesday Topics - Mainstreaming, or Schools for the Blind.

There has been a lot of academic debate among experts as to whether folks who are blind do better if they have atffended schools for the blind or been mainstreamed. Experts may fight but I would be interested to know from those who actually experienced being educated as a person with vision loss what you think is best. Some say that kids who are mainstreamed are more academically prepared but far less socially ready for life after school! It is argued that those who spend time at schools for the blind do better with blind and sighted friends than those who are mainstreamed! Many mainstreamed kids do not get any access to physical education and often get little career education! A long time ago, schools for the blind kept students there most week ends! Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Now kids must go home every week end from most schools! Is that good? Is doing both mainstream and residential school the best of both worlds?