I have been a volunteer with A Touch of Understanding since 2016 as a speaker and lead instructor at the activity stations. I am totally blind, have CP, and have a learning disability. It is a luxury to be able to speak to students and to hear their responses, knowing they are taking in everything that they are learning and will apply to their lives. Volunteering with ATOU has helped me to grow and has given me a passion for something that I always tried to avoid and now love to talk about and share with others. It is true magic as students get to see how someone with a disability can accomplish their goals. I can also see how this program has caused disability awareness to spread amongst our community. I look forward to seeing the continuous impact this program makes.
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I have been a volunteer with A Touch of Understanding since 2016 as a speaker and lead instructor at the activity stations. I am totally blind, have CP, and have a learning disability. It is a luxury to be able to speak to students and to hear their responses, knowing they
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Causes: Civil Rights, Disabilities, Disabled Persons Rights, Education, Health, Primary & Elementary Schools, Secondary & High Schools
Mission: A Touch of Understanding''s mission is to encourage acceptance and respect for all individuals. Our educational programs are designed to increase understanding of differences, thereby minimizing discrimination and social isolation suffered by children and adults who are perceived as different for any reason, but especially those with disabilties.
Target demographics: students and adults
Direct beneficiaries per year: over 10,000 students
Geographic areas served: the Sacramento area
Programs: disability awareness workshops. A Touch of Understanding provides approximately 100 presentations each school year to students in the Greater Sacramento, California area. Each student participates in the two-part program. In one part the students handle braces and artificial limbs and write in Braille, using a slate and stylus. They use wheelchairs and white mobility canes. They complete tasks using a mirror and headphones to understand the challenges of learning disabilities and autism. The second part includes volunteer speakers who share their experiences and insight with the students. These two parts complement one another by giving students experience with the assistive devices used by people with disabilities as well as the opportunity to meet individuals who uses these tools each day.