[blindkid] parents need to learn braille too

[Andy & Sally Thomas]

Yes, parents can make a big difference for their kids when they know 
braille.

We continually found errors in our son's braille which the TVI and school 
district would not acknowledge.  After 3 years of "discussion" with them 
denying a problem existed, I created a PowerPoint presentation of the errors 
in the homework alone.  After 88 pages of documentation and still no change, 
we filed a complaint with the Texas Education Agency.  The braille my son 
receives now is of much higher quality.

Sally Thomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:04 PM
Subject: [blindkid] parents need to learn braille too


> Just a personal experience on why parents need to learn braille...
>
> Today I was looking over my daughter's school papers and found one with
> grade of 75. I was surprised, because most of her work is at the 95 to 100
> level. ( yes, we are proud of her.)
> The teacher had counted off for spelling.
> The first circled word was Minnesota. Ahbee wrote it correctly in braille,
> but the transcriptionist incorrectly left out one N when interlining
> it--writing it for the teacher to read.
> Another place, Ahbee had correctly capitalized the word Lake, but the
> interlining did not show the capital.
>
> Anyway, I was able to catch these because I can read braille for myself.
> Ahbee deserved a 95--she did misspell "uper" instead of upper.
> The teacher will give her credit for it--I'm so glad I could read it.
>
> Joy Orton
> mom of Ahbee, Grade 2
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