[Ct-nfb] use of Braille

[stanley torow]

I am legally blind{ have some sight}. lost it at a senior age, but I 
think one needs both Braille & audio. I agree with you totally. young 
kids needs to learn Braille. one needs to crawl before one can walk.
Eileen

 
 
 
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 04:27 PM, Sandra Streeter via Ct-nfb wrote:
 
 






Interesting question—whether Braille reading figures into identity as a
blind person... While I don’t espouse the idea that there is a “blind 
culture”
similar to the abundantly-clear deaf culture, I would have to say, as a 
person
who learned Braille young, I would be bereft without it—and am, when it 
isn’t
available! Apparently, as I’ve read in several sources, the areas of the 
brain’s
visual cortex usually earmarked for sight are transferred, in a blind 
person, to
use of other senses that take over for sight—and I have become a 
highly-visual
learner. Meaning, if you tell me something ten times, I finally get it; 
if you
make me learn it by tactile reading, it may take 3-4 times. I’d guess, 
really,
that my learning style is mixed—I have a highly visual structure, but 
because
Braille involves hand and arm movement, I probably have some kinesthetic 
aspects
(moving helps learning—the same reason that, when I’m hearing a lecture 
or
sermon, I can retain details later if I’m working on a crochet piece, or 
taking
notes on a slate, Brailler, notetaker or whatever). I am not sure what 
learning
style I’d have developed if I hadn’t been trained in Braille—it might be 
one of
those “chicken or egg” questions... I have gotten better at audio 
learning over
the years, but anything that needs close attention: music, recipes, 
appliance
manuals, poetry, devotional materials—absolutely must come in tactually, 
or it
doesn’t stick!! I think another area where it does impact identity, for 
me, is
in the fact that it contributes to my self-concept, and the conception 
in
sighted hiring managers, that I am an able employee; I would not have 
had the
many jobs I’ve had without Braille, and would not be nearly as capable 
without
it.


 


 


 


Sandra
“To
love another person is to see the face of God.”
(Les Miserables--the
musical)

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