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Ever try a cookbook on tape??? That'll cure the audeo-book thing,
for sure!!! When I'm cooking in my kitchen, I have my Braille book
spread out on my dining room table opened to the recipe and I can
simply run back and forth to read over it with my fingers. Now,
with a book on tape, it probably would take hours and hours to
rewind something to the ingredient or set of instructions and I
simply would find that intolerable!!! <br>
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Braille doesn't require batteries. It doesn't crash. It's so much
easier when you wish to look up a given passage or statement with
the Braille under your fingers. If you need the correct spelling of
a word, it's so much easier when it's under your fingers. Need any
more reasons for Braille??? After all, I'm speaking here, from the
voice of experience and have been for some 50 years. Went K-12;
then to college; and till the day I die Honey!!! Got Braille all
over my house and as much as Virginia hates me to do it, I make sure
she keeps up her skill as well. Go BRAILLE!!! Bernie<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/13/2013 10:50 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dpws@aol.com">dpws@aol.com</a>
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Personally I agree that braille under fingers is very
important. As the child progresses in school, he or she
needs to learn the proper spelling of words, sentence
structure and punctuation. That can only be learned from
reading books, not listening to them. These skills are
imperative in high school, college and the working world.
Furthermore, many books are now available for download
onto Braille notetakers and computers with braille
displays so the school can't say they take up too much
room now! It is fine to want reading to be enjoyable so
hopefully the teacher encourages required reading outside
of the coursework allowing students to pick something of
interest for them. This would be a great time for the use
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_1_3b38aa12-abe6-4aec-b317-6e0f5f172e24">As
your son moves to high school and college, he will need to
become proficient in the use of audiobooks for cousework;
but make sure that braille is available as much as
possible. My son used braille as his primary preference
all the way through college because he liked being able to
refer back to passages and found them easier to find in
braille than on audiobooks. He also enjoyed reading to
himself much more than listening to the audiobooks because
they honestly bored him to sleep.</div>
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<div id="AOLMsgPart_1_3b38aa12-abe6-4aec-b317-6e0f5f172e24">Good
luck and keep advocating!</div>
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Venit (mom to David Rissling-Venit)<br>
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<pre><tt>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.
Mine is No. Must have Braille under fingers. If their concern is slowness and
enjoyment the only way to get that is with repetition.
What is your thoughts
Trudy Pickrel
President Md Parent Blind Children.
301-501-1818
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