• Tara Bozick •
• Originally published July 19, 2008 at 8:17 a.m., updated July 19, 2008 at 8:17 a.m.

Nine-year-old Mia Adkins kept thinking she would fall when she ran blindfolded.

The Brownie – a young member of the Girl Scouts – ran with a tube on a rope as her guide, but she didn’t know exactly when to stop.

“You don’t know if you might run into something or trip,” she said.

The blind run helped put Mia in the shoes of those who are either blind or have impaired vision. She wonders what it would be like to live like that.

“They probably wonder what it feels like to not be blind maybe – to see,” she added.

Girl Scouts broadened their minds like this at the 106 W. River St. program center. They learned how to perform activities while not being able to fully use their physical or mental abilities, day camp director Yvonne Kirby said.

The Focus on Ability Camp, which ran Tuesday through Thursday, taught the young girls that people with impairments or disabilities are just like everyone else, she said.

Six percent of children ages 5 to 15 have disabilities, according to the U.S. Census Bureau Web site. Those with some level of disability number 41.3 million.

Eight-year-old Baylee Young, a Brownie, finally understood how her brother must feel. He cannot walk. She played soccer with straps binding her legs together just above the knee.

“It’s kind of hard,” she said.

Tara Bozick is a reporter for the Advocate. Contact her at 361-580-6504 or tbozick@vicad.com, or comment on this story at www.VictoriaAdvocate.com.

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