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

[Robert Hansen]

It proves that Braille is more important. I think people should learn
Braille more than using drawers or that other stuff first. Braille gives
you literacy skills. Jaws has gotten too much of the front seat and has
given Braille the backseat. And people that are biased like that and only
think that draws is the answer are wrong. Because of Technology Braille
should be more pervasive than before because of the fact that you can have
refreshable Braille and Braille book files are actually not that big huge.
You can have a full Braille book file and it's only about maybe one or two
megabytes in size. They're not that big. So yes we need to ramp up that
Braille.

Sincerely
Robert A. Hansen
hansen.robert70 at gmail.com


On Oct 8, 2017 3:55 AM, "denise Avant via IL-Talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> 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.
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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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> > From: denise Avant via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> > Subject: [il-talk] "Do you Dream In Color" Chicago presentation
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > 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
> >
> > National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
> >
> > Live the life you want.
> >
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