[il-talk] Fw: braille article

[PITTMAN ENTERPRISES & ASSOCIATES]

Joe,  I think your story is an ideal one for pushing Braille.  It needs to 
be heard/read  by the public in somebody's newspaper along with a 
proclamation.




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From: "JOSEPH MONTI" <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 7:32 PM
Subject: [il-talk] Fw: braille article




--- On Mon, 4/13/09, JOSEPH MONTI <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: JOSEPH MONTI <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Fw: braille article
To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 8:24 AM








--- On Mon, 4/13/09, JOSEPH MONTI <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: JOSEPH MONTI <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: braille article
To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:44 AM







hi folks, i hope everyone got a chance to read or listen to the article in 
the Tribune about braille. our president ms. chang was interviewed.i think 
parents are the main reason children don't learn braille. i was taught 
braille at the age of six. by second grade i could type it quickly. i also 
could read it visually and this is where parents get in the way. instead of 
staying with braille and mastering it my parents moved me into low vision 
school. if i could read braille then i could read print. i think they were 
embarassed that i had to read braille. so i lost the art. sooner or later i 
also lost the ability to read print. i tried to go back to braille but i 
only master grade one. so parents out there do not be ashamed of your child 
reading braille. my academic life was much harder because i couldn't.
joe monti
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