[blindkid] Nice Article on Enhancing Braille Fluency - Dispelling the Myth that Braille is Slow

[DrV]

In case you may have not yet seen it, here is a really nice article entitled "Double Your Pleasure-Double Your Speed" that really does 2 things: 1) the author Jerry Whittle describes techniques on how individuals can doubled or tripled their speeds & 2) it helps dispel the myth that braille is slow, for it describes how blind individuals can read at speeds of over 300, 400 & even over 500 words per minute. Here is the direct link: www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0903/bm090311.htm. This would seem to be a great article to share with teachers (both VI & general ed) & to use at IEP/IFSP meetings when trying to emphasize the importance of braille instruction.



Here are 2 other articles that discuss braille reading speed:

  1.. Building Braille Reading Speed: Some Helpful Suggestions, also by Jerry Whittle, can be found at (http://nfb.org/legacy/bm/bm93/brlm9305.htm#11) 
  2.. Braille Reading Speed: Are You Willing to Do What It Takes? by Susan Ford and Ramona Walhof (http://nfb.org/legacy/bm/bm99/bm990604.htm)
Sincerely,

Eric V