Ten-year-old Emilia Paulding, a visually impaired student, hands a hand-decorated Christmas card to Rhonda McCann of Post Falls at Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters on Saturday. HANNAH NEFF/Press
People who are blind and visually impaired experience the world much differently from their sighted counterparts.
Jordana Engebretsen understands this from her work with blind students.
“One time I was talking to a person who is blind from birth and she said people treat her like a suitcase. ‘They move me from place to place but don’t tell me where I’m going,'” Engebretsen, of Post Falls, said Monday. “No one tells them, ‘This is the shape of the state of Idaho, this is where you are.'”
Smiles, carols and cards filled the room as a group of happy givers prepared to bless the community.
Six visually impaired students, guided by volunteers, spent their Saturday crafting Christmas cards, putting together goodie bags and practicing Christmas carols at North Idaho College, preparing for their show that afternoon at Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters in Coeur d’Alene.
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