Hesperian Health Guides
Work
As a child with loss of vision grows up, they can learn to do many different kinds of work. In Chapter 54 we list many of the different kinds of work that people with disabilities can do. Those types of work marked with a * have often been done by people with vision loss.
A village child with loss of vision should be given many opportunities to help with work around the home and with farm work. The child should be invited and expected to help in a wide range of daily activities, just like other children. What starts out as play and imitation ends up as learning of useful skills.
A family that farms the land can begin to include a child with loss of vision in gardening and farming activities from an early age.
| To get an understanding of the whole process of growing the family food, the child can start by planting seeds, watering them, caring for them as they grow, and finally harvesting, cooking, and eating the product. | Later, the child can go with his father or mother to the fields and help with the planting. With his feet he can follow the furrows, or grooves made by the plow. |
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Try to involve the child with each aspect of housework and farm work. At first show her and guide her as much as is necessary. Then help less and less until finally the child can do the whole job alone.
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