[il-talk] "Do you Dream In Color" Chicago presentation

[denise Avant]

Hello all,
One thing I did note that while the young lady did have Braille, she may not
have been using it for very long or very often. I wonder if Debbie Stein or
Sharlene Elder or Leslie Hamric would have trouble reading the Braille book
that she was supposed to study from.  So, what I am saying is that not only
do we need to have Braille taught along with other technology, but we need
to have quality Braille teaching. And the student must be encouraged to use
it every day to build up fluent reading. Doug, one of the panelist pointed
out that so often teachers are busy teaching to test, and so the TVI, even
if willing does not always have the time to teach the technology or the
Braille. That is unfortunate. But here is where something like BRAL, BELL or
the programs at the NFB centers come in. You can do things after school, in
between semesters, and particularly in summer classes in these things where
the student can have more time to learn those skills away from  the hustle
of trying to learn a certain level of English, Math etc.







Denise R. Avant, President
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
Live the life you want.
For more information about NFBI, 
Go to www.nfbofillinois.org.

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I found the movie both eye-opening and **** provoking. I was broke by the
fact that the young lady who had difficulty getting instructional materials
from our school district and have a hard time keeping up on her classes. Was
given instructional materials **** and the school district did not really
try to give her anything that **** technology. And should not have the
ability to **** she would have had given a harder time given up in her
classes and might ****. It just shows in spite of the **** technology in the
classroom, that **** literacy is key.

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> Hello all,
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> I want to thank all of you who attended the "Do you Dream in Color"
> screening last night in Chicago.  We really got out the word. Thanks 
> to all of you who participated in spreading the word, including, but 
> not limited to, Marilyn Green, Robert Hanson, and Patti Chang. If any 
> of you haven't seen this film, you really should see it. We still have 
> much work to do on changing what it means to be blind, so  blind 
> people can  live the lives they want.
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> Denise R. Avant, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
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