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In Bolivia, Helping Children to See and Be Heard
Published: Thursday, October 18, 2007
Visiting TC students navigate cultural differences to provide speech/language pathology services
In Bolivia, little kids spend a lot of time experiencing the world from the vantage point of an awayo-a sling worn over their parents' backs. Depending on a parent's particular style, a kid might get bundled in near the top of the awayo, meaning the view will be good and conversation frequent-or near the bottom, where things tend to be quieter and darker.
For a child who's blind, the two scenarios can have radically different consequences. And because blind children are more likely to get carried by their parents until an older age, those consequences can be profound.
"I told a mother of one blind girl, You are her eyes,'" says Cate Crowley, a lecturer in TC's Speech and Language Pathology program and head of its Bilingual Extension Institute, which seeks to improve quality of care for culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents. "That's intervening on a cultural level, which normally we wouldn't do. But a blind child who spends a lot of time being carried deep in the awayo doesn't get the chance to learn from siblings and peers the way typically-developing kids do. In Bolivia there's a cultural belief that children should be seen and not heard. Kids without disabilities develop perfectly well in Bolivia but that belief can have serious implications for a child with a disabili ... more >>
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