The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-26

Another soldier steps off a train
miles away from the hospital on
a furlough-also the first time his
family has seen him since his in
jury.
Elimination of any emotional
strain which ordinarily could be
expected to be present at these
first meetings is another angle
Of the army hospitals program of
adjusting the blind soldier to him.
self and the world about him.
Through Red Cross and the aids
at the hospital, families Of blinded
servicemen are educated" as to
how to receive the soldier, how
to treat him as a normal person
able to look after himself in most
circumstances, and how to help him
unobtrusively when necessary.
Must DO for Himself
The hospital. knows that these
first fourloughs may make or break
the entire training program, and
as ex-Lieutenant Frey wryly ex-
plains, "our problem here isn't SO
much the education Of the blind
as il is the education If the s;ohted
world"
II the family has observed the
arrnv,s INSTRUCTIONS on letting the
soldier "do for himself, he'll come
back ready to start on a period of
more intensive training in learn
inc tn worE and NAV fhrouoh ,,se
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