senses????

[andrewsmom]

ok... just a thought here. My Mom has really poor eye sight and has since she was little. Her sense of smell is unbelievable, and she swears it's because she could not see well when she was younger. She says her other senses compensated for her poor eye sight, in this case her sense of smell.

So.... After reading another post on here (Yours C.C.) about how sensitive our kids tend to be, and I'm sure we've all heard how wonderful and caring children with DS can be, I'm wondering if they can "tune in" to people's feelings better then we can?? Maybe "compensating" for Physical challenges?

Now I know, I know..... I'm NOT saying ALL children with DS, just wondering what you all think. ;D Thanks for any input!!
-Trisha

[Jessie]

That's an interesting concept Trisha, maybe there is something to that.

One of the speakers at the NDSS conference this summer stated that kids with Ds are more mature socially than cognitively, thus the happy, loving nature. Don't know if I buy that theory, but it's a theory that's out there!


Jessie

[hannahph]

This is a neat idea, I wonder.... Hannah is always concerned about everyone else's feelings, even strangers. She's usually right on too.

[momofrussell]

Well, I can say some of Russell's other senses are more acute because of his lack of Vision for 4 1/2 years. He uses his tongue to "see" !... and he feels things with his hands more... he is very tactile/kenisthetic and I do really think it's because he had no vision for so long.

A.