Inclusive preschool teaches compassion along with ABC’s
July 15th, 2009From ABC News (with video):
The Lighthouse International Child Development Center in New York teaches children lessons in simple camaraderie and confidence by instructing preschool students who are visually impaired alongside sighted students.
The school teaches kids aged 3 to 5 in six integrated classrooms with a standard preschool curriculum. There are four students for every teacher.
… according to [teacher Regina D'Ambrosio], the greatest advantage to the school is that the kids lose sight of their differences.
“They’ll never say, ‘Iliana, my friend who is blind.’ It’s ‘Iliana, my friend,’” she said.
The school is run by Lighthouse International, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving vision and providing services to people with visual impairments.
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