[nabs-l] The Top Dumbest Reasons For Not Teaching Braille

[Beth]

A=20good=20resource=20for=20most=20people=20would=20be=20the=20recently=20p=
ublished=20
"Let=20Freedom=20Ring:=20Braille=20Letters=20to=20President=20Obma."=20=20I=
=20think=20
that's=20a=20good=20book=20about=20Braille,=20and=20it=20calls=20to=20somet=
hing=20and=20
someone=20who=20neeeds=20it=20most.
Beth

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From:=20Hai=20Nguyen=20Ly=20<gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net
To:=20NFBnet=20National=20Association=20to=20Promote=20the=20Use=20of=20Bra=
ille=20
Mailing=20List<napub at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2021=20Oct=202011=2013:07:39=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20The=20Top=20Dumbest=20Reasons=20For=20Not=20Teaching=
=20
Braille


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The=20Top=20Dumbest=20Reasons=20For=20Not=20Teaching=20Braille:=20The=20
Not-Time-Yet=20Excuse

The=20Top=20Dumbest=20Reasons=20For=20Not=20Teaching=20Braille:=20The=20
Not-Time-Yet=20Excuse

If=20your=20house=20isn=92t=20burning=20right=20now,=20do=20you=20really=20=
need=20smoke=20
detectors?=20If=20you=20have=20a=20good=20income,=20do=20you=20really=20nee=
d=20savings?=20
If=20you=20know=20that=20=93yes=94=20is=20the=20answer=20to=20these=20quest=
ions,=20you=20
already=20understand=20the=20faulty=20logic=20behind=20the=20Not-Time-Yet=20=

excuse=20for=20not=20teaching=20Braille.

Studies=20by=20the=20Jernigan=20Institute=20(Baltimore)=20link=20Braille=20=

literacy=20to=20post=20graduate=20degrees,=20employability=20and=20earning=
=20over=20
,000=20a=20year.=20Since=20the=201950s,=20when=20blind=20children=20started=
=20being=20
mainstreamed=20into=20public=20school,=20Braille=20literacy=20has=20been=20=

declining.=20A=20shortage=20of=20qualified=20Braille=20instructors=20is=20t=
he=20top=20
reason=20listed=20by=20the=20National=20Organization=20of=20Parents=20of=20=
Blind=20
Children.=20Parents,=20however,=20are=20given=20excuses=20not=20reasons.=20=

Accepting=20these=20excuses=20can=20sentence=20their=20children=20to=20live=
s=20of=20
dependence=20and=20low=20achievement.

Most=20of=20the=20kids=20who=20should=20be=20learning=20Braille=20are=20leg=
ally=20blind=20
or=20very=20close=20to=20it=20and=20have=20normal=20intellects.=20Legal=20b=
lindness=20
is=2020/200=20in=20the=20best=20eye=20with=20correction=20or=20a=20visual=20=
field=20of=2020=20
degrees=20or=20less.=20People=20with=20this=20degree=20of=20visual=20loss=20=
cannot=20
receive=20drivers=92=20licenses.=20Nonetheless,=20many=20of=20them=20have=20=
enough=20
vision=20to=20see=20print.=20They=20are,=20therefore,=20encouraged=20and=20=
even=20
forced=20to=20read=20print.=20Large=20print=20books=20and=20CCTVs=20(Closed=
=20Circuit=20
Televisions)=20are=20common=20remedies=20for=20these=20students.

]]

But,=20being=20able=20to=20see=20print=20on=20a=20page=20or=20enlarge=20twe=
nty=20times=20or=20
more=20on=20a=20screen=20is=20not=20the=20same=20as=20being=20able=20to=20r=
ead=20at=20a=20level=20
appropriate=20to=20the=20child=92s=20grade=20and=20intellect.=20Many=20of=20=
these=20
kids=20need=20to=20get=20right=20on=20top=20of=20the=20screen=20or=20book=20=
and=20need=20far=20
longer=20than=20their=20peers=20to=20complete=20homework.=20Some=20suffer=20=
painful=20
headaches.=20As=20reading=20becomes=20more=20complicated=20and=20homework=20=

increases,=20many=20visually=20impaired=20children=20fall=20behind=20both=20=

academically=20and=20socially.=20Even=20when=20this=20happens,=20parents=20=
who=20
ask=20if=20it=20isn=92t=20time=20for=20Braille=20are=20given=20the=20Not-Ti=
me-Yet=20
excuse.

=93He=20won=92t=20need=20Braille=20for=20years.=94

Yeah,=20like=20after=20he=92s=20graduated=20and=20you=20don=92t=20have=20to=
=20pay=20for=20it.=20
Large=20print,=20CCTVs=20and=20audio=20books=20are=20far=20cheaper=20for=20=

budget-conscious=20schools=20than=20hiring=20a=20qualified=20Braille=20
instructor.=20Don=92t=20allow=20the=20school=20to=20balance=20its=20budget=
=20at=20the=20
expense=20of=20your=20child=92s=20future!

Many=20visually=20impaired=20kids=20have=20degenerative=20eye=20conditions=
=20such=20
as=20Retinitis=20Pigmentosa=20(RP).=20While=20they=20may=20not=20be=20total=
ly=20or=20
even=20legally=20blind=20during=20their=20school=20years,=20experience=20sh=
ows=20
that=20most=20will=20be=20unable=20to=20read=20by=20the=20time=20they=20get=
=20into=20
college=20or=20out=20in=20the=20working=20world.=20Giving=20them=20a=20skil=
l=20which=20
can=20improve=20their=20independence=20while=20they=20are=20young=20is=20th=
e=20
prudent=20thing=20to=20do.=20Children=20pick=20up=20many=20things=20more=20=
easily=20
than=20adults,=20and=20adulthood=20is=20not=20the=20time=20to=20be=20learni=
ng=20
something=20that=20should=20have=20been=20part=20of=20your=20basic=20educat=
ion.

Relatives=20and=20friends=20of=20families=20with=20blind=20children=20can=20=
get=20
help=20and=20information=20by=20visiting=20the=20National=20Organization=20=
of=20
Parents=20of=20Blind=20Children=20(NOPBC):
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Parents_and_Teachers.asp

Learn=20more=20about=20Braille=20at:
http://www.braille.org



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=20avid=20
knitter.=20She=20works=20to=20improve=20opportunities=20for=20blind=20Ameri=
cans=20
through=20the=20Performing=20Arts=20Division=20of=20the=20National=20Federa=
tion=20
of=20the=20Blind.
http://www.padnfb.org
Hear=20clips=20from=20her=20CD=20=93The=20Last=20Straw=94=20at:
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