[humanser] ways we read

[Sandy]

Ericka,

Well, I haven't sent you any Braille and ought to get myself to do that!  Do 
you read Braille with your eyes?  My best friend was a state blindness rehab 
teacher and she thinks teaching Braille to partially sighted kids is not 
beneficial cause they end up using their vision to read it.  I think she did 
that when she became legally blind at age ten.  One of our NFB members, who 
lost her vision from a brain tumor, has classes at her house for a few 
adults we know.  She does it as a volunteer, and got some books from NFB.


Sandy

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From: "Ericka Short" <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:15 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] ways we read

> I am more like you sandy.  In college I  used to take print notes, but I 
> took them in class and then from the book.  It seemed to solidify things 
> in my brain.  At least it organized the chaos better!  Like you I could 
> take them anywhere and rehearse for a test without carrying books or 
> anything else.  I literally printed.  I couldn't read my own cursive when 
> I wrote so fast.  Then I relied on a cctv because  I had a really hard 
> time with the cassette books.  I didn't know they existed until 1990 when 
> I started college.
>
> If I had to do it now, I would rather use braille.  I can't read it well 
> enough to do it efficiently yet though.  I do take braille with me to the 
> doctor's office.  I carry it in a tote bag and just have to make sure my 
> coat or purse doesn't sit on it.  Flat dots are erased does and then 
> nothing makes sense. I do it because I need the practice.  At the doctor's 
> office I don’t' have anything else to distract me like I do at home.  Too 
> much like the computer, phone and chores calling my name.  I try to read 
> at least three pages a day even if it's the Hadley textbook.  I need to 
> practice writing to someone.  it's hard to write to myself when I can 
> still read my own grocery lists, etc.
>
> Ericka J. Short
> 262-697-0510
>
> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13
>
> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short
>
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