[Iabs-talk] Fwd: [napub] Very disappointed

[Araceli Avina]

Hi all, I thought this might be of interest for those not on the NAPUB 
mailing list.
thanks and take care all.

Araceli Avina, Secretary
Illinois Association of Blind Students
ISVI Advisory Council Member
(303) 904-0165

Sox win!!!!!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Wade <cwade at mdn.net>
To: napub at nfbnet.org
Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 2:13 pm
Subject: [napub] Very disappointed

Dear Listers,

I just got a big, big disappointment! I asked my local school
district if they wanted a six-volume "Selections from the American
Vest Pocket dictionary" in Braille. I had the idea it would give
students a chance to see a real dictionary, run their fingers down
the left side of the page the way people do when they look for a
word. Also, they could understand what guide words are and what they
do.

They didn't want it! "We do all that stuff electronically."

I'm heartbroken. What does this say about really "looking" at things
in Braille? Am I an old fuddy-duddy, or what? Isn't there any, any
experience to be learned from having such a thing around just to look
at? I need a tissue!

Cheryl Wade
Midland, MI

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