[notwokeno]

I've taught many people to program and can safely say python is an awful first language even for sighted users. Invisible characters being part of the syntax is awful.

Scheme IMO is the best for both sighted and blind people. There's very minimal syntax and I'd imagine a good editor with s-expression motions would make things much easier if you can't see.

[zdragnar]

Maybe I'm misremembering my youth, but isn't recursion a bit of a tough concept for a 10 year old to grasp?

Edit: I have no idea where I got 10 years old from, the post clearly doesn't list ages. In any case, I am leaving it on the offhand chance someone chimes in with a story about their kids learning scheme.