My wife is a behavioral specialist at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI). Most blind kids in Texas are mainstreamed and kept in their own school districts. If they do come to the state school, they come to learn braille and how to use assistive devices (canes and such) and then go back to their regular schools.
So most of the kids who stay at the school are not merely blind, but also developmentally challenged. They may be MR, have cerebral palsy, brain damage from an accident or tumor, or some form of autism, to name but a few. Because of the foresight of LBJ, they can stay at the school through the age of 22, and are prepared to be as independent as they are capable of being before they graduate.
In fact, that was my wife's position there last year; preparing graduates for life after the school. Many of these kids will never be fully independent, but they are taught to be as responsible and independent as possible.
What this has to do with Obama, below the fold...
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