[nabs-l] Introduction

[Jason Mandarino]

Hey Albert,

I am intrigued by a part of your message to Jessica. You were asking if
whether she was thinking about specializing in Braille or computer training.
Outside of college programs such as the Commission for the Blind, I have
never met a computer instructor for the visually impaired. Are there such
things for grade school students that are visually impaired? 

I only ask for technology was quite the fight for me in grade school, and
the RESA system hat provided the Brail and mobility instructors were not
very helpful in the technology arena. I had to find alternative means to
obtain what I wanted, but that also meant having to train myself as well. 

The technology learning curve can be steep, and I would like to see more
access to practical resources for upcoming youth. I did not find the
computer classes that my public high school offered to be any help, and
unless you have the interest to invest endless hours into learning new
software or hardware, you will be ineffective compared to your sighted
peers.

Sincerely,

Mandarino

-----Original Message-----
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of Albert Yoo
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Introduction


Jessica would you have to do student teaching? Would there be help to write
on the braille writer or teach the blind students the computer? What grade
would you teach? Would you be a vision teacher tvi is what I think they are
called? Teacher of the visually impaired> From: jess28 at samobile.net> To:
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:39:00 -0500> Subject: Re:
[nabs-l] Introduction> > Ashley,> Yes I want to teach. I'm going to get my
bachelors degree and then my > masters degree in Teacher of the Blind and
Visually Impaired. I don't > currently read Braille but I'm going to
hopefully be learning grade two > through the Hadley School for the Blind.>
> -- > Jess> Jessica Trask> > Email services provided by the System Access
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