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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I agree with what Wendy said in her message. My son
is now in college and, although it is true that they need to know how to use
audio books and audio technology in college, they can pick this up quickly the
last year or 2 in high school. As parents of blind children, we cannot let
the school systems squeeze out of this one by leaning towards audio books now
that they are more "popular." All kids still need to learn how to read and
write and that means BRAILLE.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wendynusbaum@yahoo.com href="mailto:wendynusbaum@yahoo.com">Wendy
Nusbaum</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mdpobc@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:mdpobc@nfbnet.org">Maryland Parents of Blind Children List</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mdpobc] Question of the
day</DIV>
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<DIV>Trudy</DIV>
<DIV>I agree with Karen. Our kids have to be proficient in Braille before
audio books become the standard. </DIV>
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<DIV>With that said now that Chris is in HS he is working from one audio
textbook. Mainly because the edition he needed was not available in Braille. I
did not fight this because I have been told by college students that they
wished they had done more audio learning in HS since many of their textbooks
had not been available in Braille. </DIV>
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<DIV>Basically they have to be good at both but Braille should come
first. Tell them if he is not proficient in Braille he is basically
illiterate and they will be responsible for that.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wendy </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="COLOR: #333333"><I>Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE
DROID</I></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>Karen Frech Herstein
<hersteink@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>Hi Trudy,
<DIV>I would want my child to be fast and proficient with Braille before I
would let him/her use adible books. I would want my sighted child to be
proficient in reading print before he/she used adible books. My daughter
"loves" to read books and she did not use adible books unless Braille was not
available. Braille wasavailable almost all the time.</DIV>
<DIV>Good Luck!</DIV>
<DIV>Karen Herstein<BR><BR>
<DIV>> From: tlpickrel@hotmail.com<BR>> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:48:00
-0500<BR>> To: mdpobc@nfbnet.org<BR>> Subject: [Mdpobc] Question of the
day<BR>> <BR>> So last night at parent teacher conference I find out
that they have been allowing our son in six grade to do all audiobooks. Reason
why I don't know. The language arts teacher said will you please consider
allowing him to do this after I stated that this was concerning to me. Because
he says he wants reading to be enjoyable. Excepting all thoughts on this.
<BR>> <BR>> Mine is No. Must have Braille under fingers. If their
concern is slowness and enjoyment the only way to get that is with repetition.
<BR>> <BR>> What is your thoughts<BR>> <BR>> Trudy Pickrel<BR>>
President Md Parent Blind Children. <BR>> 301-501-1818<BR>>
Www.TLCbytheLake.com<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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