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Each month, the Respect Committee at Hanover Highlands will pick a disability to raise awareness for. We will provide some information to classrooms about the disability and pick a Tuesday during that month to wear a specific color to show our support. January is Vision Impairments and Blindness Awareness, and we will be wearing white on Tuesday, January 24th. Join us! 
 
What is the difference between a vision impairment and blindness?
A Visual Impairment means you have some vision but need more than glasses to help you see. Blindness means you have no vision and cannot see at all.      

• Adults and children with vision impairments or blindness can use many different things to help them read, write and go places.  They can use magnifying glasses, large print, special paper, a cane, a guide dog or braille.  
• Braille is a way that some people can read and write.  It is a system of raised dots that are read with the fingers.  

Additional Resources about Vision Impairments and Blindness:
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/eye/353116 article (primary)
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/visual-impairment.html (intermediate)
https://sites.aph.org/files/museum/BooksBlindness.pdf   list of books

Take care and thank you for supporting us,
The Hanover Highlands Respect Committee