[blindkid] Learning to Read..

[Penny Duffy]

Thank you Richard and Debbie..

I feel a little dorky being so happy.  Its been a very hard year.  She has
worked so hard at time and then other times fought the process so hard.  Its
really funny how motivated she is with cash.

-Penny

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:

> I think a lot of the people who aren't too enthusiastic about braille for
> the blind are people who have never seen blind kids (or adults) reading
> braille. I have never known a child, sighted or blind, who enjoys reading
> more than my daughter and based on what I'm reading here today, I suspect
> there are several more kids of parents on this list who fall into that same
> level of appreciation and excitement where braille reading is concerned.
> What a shame that it takes so much effort to get some people on d with
> encouraging and supporting braille for our children.
>
> Bonnie, super to hear about Aubrie as well. Congratulations to her and
> anyone else I have yet to hear about with the contest; how exciting!
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Penny Duffy wrote:
>
> > My daughter Abby and I had a great day of reading today.    She has
> entered
> > a stage where she is giving me less resistance in reading.  Then again It
> > could be the .25 a book I promised her  (she was up to three books today)
> > She is trying to earn money for convention.  I have just really seen her
> > start to really get better.  I really hope with a lot of practice this
> > summer she will be at a second grade reading level when she starts
> school.
> > Which would be pretty good considering she was just introduced to braille
> > in November.
> >
> > What a strange wonderful trip its  been this year. I can't imagine anyone
> > who thinks braille is obsolete  would feel that way watching Abby read
> > tonight. She was just another 7 year old reading a book with her mother.
> > --Penny
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--Penny
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