[Ct-nfb] Perkins Braillers

Tue Jun 25 20:02:40 UTC 2013

I did not realize we had a gold mine like that!  I know we had talked about running an affiliate literacy program like the West Virginia affiliate, and those slates and styli could be a great resource for it.

I will write to him to see if he is willing to use slates and styli.  A lot of people suffer from the misperception that slates and styli are significantly more difficult than Perkins Braillers.  In reality, for someone who has no experience using a typewriter, there isn’t much of a difference, even at first.  I love using a slate now that I’ve learned it at LCB because it is so much smaller than a Perkins.  Plus, a slate costs a lot less. ☺

We might even be able to work Braille literacy into a mentoring program….

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
B.A. in Mathematics
Class of 2012
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:president at alumni.ecu.edu>

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His email is in my first email. Feel free to chat with him about it. If he decides to go that route, we have quite a lot of them here in the office that we could part with some of them.

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From: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>>
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Right.  Slates and styli are also for school children learning Braille.  He’ll have a lot more success with those than with Perkins Braillers.

Justin M. Salisbury
B.A. in Mathematics
Class of 2012
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:president at alumni.ecu.edu>

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD

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He has not mentioned slates and styli. If I'm remembering our initial conversation correctly, these would be for school kids learning Braille.

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From: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>>
Date: Sat, June 22, 2013 9:38 pm
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Has he mentioned anything about slates and styli?  They are much less expensive and much more portable than Perkins Braillers.

Justin M. Salisbury
B.A. in Mathematics
Class of 2012
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:president at alumni.ecu.edu>

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD

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Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:45 PM
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Subject: [Ct-nfb] Perkins Braillers

Hi all,

Father Edward, who is from Terryville, has been in touch with our community outreach office. He goes to Peru on mission trips occasionally, and has met a fair number of blind people there who do not have access to the resources that we have here. He will be going back soon, and would love to be able to take some Perkins Braillers with him. If anyone has one in working order that they do not use and would be willing to donate to his cause, please contact him at fr.ed at hotmail.com<mailto:fr.ed at hotmail.com>.

Thanks,
Lucia Lee

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