28 Learning life skills at blind and mainstream schools - Joe
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English - November 26, 2020 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBHow To Education Self-Improvement orientation and mobility functional assessment low vision blind long cane tele-practice person-centred practice guide dogs assistive technology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Joe Stephen is a blind software developer from Adelaide, now living in Tasmania. He has written an article reflecting on his experience starting at a blind primary school, then moving into mainstream secondary schools, before completing a Bachelor of Science (Computer Studies) at Flinders University. Joe suggests we need both specialist and mainstream education options. But if blind schools are a thing of the past, then we need to find other ways for blind kids to build life skills so they can transition more smoothly into adulthood.