[Ct-nfb] use of Braille
stanley torow
setorow at optonline.net
Mon Nov 23 03:18:30 UTC 2015
Justin, I just wrote you but my computer is acting up. will reply
tomorrow, when I hope it is acting better.
lost all that I wrote you.
Eileen
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb wrote:
Hi Eileen,
What do you mean when you say that one needs to crawl before one can
walk?
Take care,
Justin
Justin Salisbury, NOMC
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
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Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
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Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] use of Braille
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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