Post #3723988

2026-07-10 19:49 UTC

I will never understand this extreme hate some people have against schools for the blind, calling them braille jails and all these kinds. Yes, these things also have their issues. But the inklusive system (at least in case of Germany) is extremely far from perfect. Also it’s bogus to claim that all people that are better socially in blind schools automatically won’t get far in the real world, it fully depends on what you make out of the help you are given. I of course don’t know the situation in other countries, but for example, you can blame the Blista Marburg for a lot of different things (a lot of which only pass because todays people don’t speak out against bullshit anymore but that’s a different story) but definitely you can’t blame them for being a social rotting person.

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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com 2026-07-10 19:52

@randomfelix@dragonscave.space Unless you're forced there then fine but, maybe it's the best way for you to learn. Not everyone learns well in intigration. Sometimes for a year or something, I think it would have been interesting to be exposed to blind culture like that when I was in high school or something.

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@ZBennoui@dragonscave.space 2026-07-10 22:34

@randomfelix@dragonscave.space I can tell you from experience blindness schools are good up until a certain point. I went to one for most of my education before college, but I really started having problems when I got up to high school. I think if you don't have other things going on, e.g. other disabilities, cognitive issues, etc., going to a blindness specific school will not serve you well in the long run. Perhaps throughout elementary/middle school it would serve as a good jumping off point, but beyond that I really wouldn't recommend it. They had many kids there with multiple disabilities, behavioral problems, etc., and I found it extremely hard to be in the same spaces as them. I saw some things there that were honestly kind of traumatizing, and looking back I really wish I would've transferred to public school when I had the opportunity. When I went to college and met several blind students who hadn't gone through a blindness specific program, I immediately noticed they were far more comfortable and well adjusted to the real world than I was, and I went through a period where I wondered if there was something wrong with me, before realizing that much of what I was feeling was a direct result of the education and social interaction I'd received while in school.

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@techsinger@tweesecake.social 2026-07-10 22:01

@randomfelix@dragonscave.space Part of the problem is that, in North America after, say, 1990, many schools for the blind basically became "where you send student if you want to get rid of him because of his disability and he happens to be blind". That is, they ended up becoming where people with multiple disabilities were dumped to get rid of them. Was that every school? Certainly not, and it absolutely wasn't every student. It was enough, though, for the reputation to spread.

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