[nabs-l] Braille Vs Technology: is there room for only oneintown?

[Briley Pollard]

Well said, Kevin. Thank you for your input.
On Jan 7, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Kevin LaRose wrote:

> For what it's worth, I have seen no personal attacks here. Many people, myself included, simply have a very strong opinion on this matter. I'm going to try and frame this in a different way. I have a six-year-old daughter, who is sighted. If the school she attended decided that, because of other technological options available, she didn't have to learn to read...well, it isn't just ridiculous, it's preposterous, because it would never happen. I was born in 1964, so I'm probably in the last generation of folks who grew up blind for whom speech technology and audio weren't second nature. The Braille n Speak didn't arrive on the scene until the year after I graduated from college. It is beyond question that speech technology has revolutionized my life. I have access to a whole world of information that I could barely even comprehend growing up, and at speeds I could have never imagined possible. But that revolution has built on the strong foundation that Braille already gave me. I don't think there would  have been any way I could have learned to write proficiently without it. My dad was an English teacher, so that was a must in my family. As I write anything, I have a Braille picture in my mind of what it should look like. I don't think anybody will ever convince me that Braille isn't a crucial part of learning.
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