[Fopbc] Braille Literacy: Friends and Mentors, a Florida Story

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This article features Jody Ianuzzi and Debby Brackett. Enjoy!
 
 
Lenora J. Marten,  President
FOPBC/NFBF-Parents Division
NFB-Jacksonville Chapter  Secretary
NOPBC/PLP
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Braille  Literacy: Friends and Mentors, a Florida Story 
July 27,  2009 
_http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/111838_ 
(http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/111838)  
If it was  up to you to teach legally blind children, would you insist that 
they use  their remaining vision as much as possible, even if it meant that 
they were  functionally illiterate and one day they would walk in front of 
a truck with  their young child? Or, would you want to give them the tools 
and awareness to  become successful adults who could function independently 
and safely? The  answer may seem obvious, but thousands of America's  blind 
kids are being forced to settle for a substandard education, leading to  
lives of dependence with little chance for employment and unnecessary danger.  
Jody Ianuzzi is a Major in the Civil Air Patrol and a marshall arts  
instructor. Along with her friend Debbby Bracket, who holds a master's in  early 
childhood education, she is changing what it means to be blind.  

 
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