[nabs-l] ideas please

[Jewel S.]

Why not interview the Braille instructor at one of the NFB Centers? I
don't remember his name, but the Braille instructor at the Lousiana
Center for the Blind sounds really nice and very knowledgable from the
articles I've read that included quotations from him. The Braille
Monitor has included some articles written by him, also, on things
related to Braille, and I've found them very helpful! Try calling the
LCB and ask about a possible phone interview?

Other than that, I would suggest contacting local TVIs, and maybe see
about finding an adult who learned Braille at a young age and uses
Braille in their everyday life, and an adult who didn't learn Braille
early on but uses it in their life now. I'd also use the recent book
"Letters to President Obama" as a resource...it has some great letters
about how Braille ahs affected people's lives.

Just my two cents,

On 9/8/10, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Amy,
>
> People who are effected by braille, either in their personal lives,
> professional lives, experts, advocates, and teachers, and maybe parents! I
> am going for that we need to teach our children braille, so someone who
> thinks this way would help.
>
> If you have ideas, let me know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marsha Drenth
> Marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
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> Marsha, what kind of people are you looking for to interview?
>
> Thanks!
> Amy C. Phelps
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marsha Drenth
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:27 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: [nabs-l] ideas please
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> Hi Students,
>
> This semester I am doing a research paper on the Braille Crisis. I need to
> do a few interviews of people to include in my paper. I have already emailed
> one of the prospective persons that I plan on  interviewing. But I am
> needing a second person. Any ideas on who that second person should or could
> be? I was thinking a TVI.
>
> Thanks,
> marsha
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