Students' idea for printing enterprise becomes big business

Published: 2005-10-05

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- What began as a pipe dream for a printing enterprise last December at St. Lucy Day School for Children With Visual Impairments is now a burgeoning student business. "Big companies are asking us to make cards for them," said the co-founder of the school's printing club, Sheila McLaughlin, a 9-year-old fourth-grader who has been legally blind since birth. "Our cards are special," added co-founder Amy Ryan, Sheila's classmate, who is also 9 and has been legally blind since birth. "Not many children are in a business to make cards," Amy said. "It's kind of easy. But it is hard." The beauty of the cards comes from the hearts and hands that craft them. "Visually impaired children make them, and the designs are very good, even though they can't see very well," Sheila said. "We can do things that people think that visually impaired children can't do."

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