[nabs-l] nabs-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 38

Fri Sep 21 18:15:45 UTC 2012

Hi Jennifer,

I was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany for about 11 months from 2007-2008.
 I'm legally blind, but not totally blind, but it was interesting and
challenging nonetheless.  If you would like to talk further, email me at
sjhhirst at gmail.com

In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.
    ~Louis Pasteur, lecture 1854

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jennifer Applegate <jlastar at comcast.net>wrote:

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> I am planning on studying abroad this summer in England.  I wonder if any
> blind student/s has studied abroad and what challenges/successes there
> were.
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>    1. Re: Speeding Up Reading? (Arielle Silverman)
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> These are all great suggestions. I think putting your middle and ring
> fingers down on the Braille in addition to your index finger will really
> help. Also, as you master the two-handed split, you will find you are
> getting words from both sides of a line at the same time. Your brain will
> integrate this information from both hands so that you are able to get the
> gist of a full sentence without reading every word or every letter.
> Arielle
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> On 9/21/12, Cynthia Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My method sounds silly, but it really helped to change my mind set
> > about reading. Terri said some great things too. I did not do the
> > speeding up thing but a few times.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > On 9/20/12, trising <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> Here are some things that I tell campers as I direct a week of camp
> >> for improving Braille Reading Speeds.
> >> 1. Do not move your lips as you read. Fast readers do not read aloud.
> >> 2. Use all six fingers on the Braille. More fingers means faster speeds.
> >> The
> >> index fingers give details but the tall fingers and ring fingers give
> >> the shape of the words. Print readers do not read every letter. I do
> >> not read every letter in Braille and neither does my husband. We read
> >> close to 300 words per minute.
> >> 3. Keep palms up off the Braille. Some people benefit when I say
> >> piano hands. Others thing that there is a soft ball under their palm.
> >> You do not want to flatten that palm onto the Braille.
> >> 4. The left hand is more sensitive than the right. Keep both hands
> >> together until the last word or two. Then, let them separate. The
> >> left hand tracks back on the line you just read and then drops down,
> >> while the right gets that last word or two. Then, they are braught
> >> together again to read most of the subsequent line. Practice makes
> >> perfect. Even if these things do not help at first, keep practicing
> >> them, and your speed will increase. I hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Terri Wilcox
> >>
> >>
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> > Cynthia Bennett
> > B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
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