[blindkid] Ipad only

[Ashley Bramlett]

hi,
I agree. as a seventh grader, I used the same tech as your son except for 
the braille display. no one offered to buy me one given the built in display 
on the braille note.
still would love one but its expensive.

She needs more tech, not less, and how appalling to think they would replace 
a braille sense with an ipad. The only benefit is its cheaper. you will use 
the efficient ease of access the braille sense has though. for one thing, 
the sense supports word files, something she needs for school assignments. 
The ipad will not! that is, unless you use a special MS office ap that you 
have to pay for.

Fight this battle, Amber!

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Michelle via blindkid
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:42 PM
To: Amber Hall ; Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Ipad only

What grade is your daughter in ? I also don't feel like they should take 
away her Braille sense!! My son is in 7th grade and I refused an IPad for 
school use! He uses his Braille note, laptop with Windows/JAWS and 
refreshable Braille display and/or Bluetooth his Braille note.

I still don't understand why schools are insisting on IPads for our kids. As 
they get older it's really not effective for school!

Just my thoughts. My son is now fully mainstreamed in 7th grade and takes 
HIgh school classes. He cannot live without his Braille note!

Thanks!
Michelle

> On Nov 12, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Amber Hall via blindkid 
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, it's been a while since I've been on here. But I have a question 
> for parents of kiddos who are using iPads with braille display at school. 
> My daughter has a braille sense. she's had it for probably four years now. 
> She does very good on it, but the school is wanting her to go to iPad only 
> with a braille display. I'm kind of hesitant because I know I've heard 
> negative things on here about doing that.
> Any suggestions on what I can say to help my case when I present it to the 
> school?
> My daughter loves her braillesense. She's hesitant to go to the iPad 
> because a lot of times it doesn't work for think she needs it too. And she 
> is slow with it because she doesn't have a lot of experience with it.
> But they still want her to transition to only ipad anyway.
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
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