[nabs-l] question about braille

Thu Jul 31 02:41:27 UTC 2014

I=20am=20the=20opposite.
I=20have=20been=20reading=20braille=20since=20in=20kinnder=20garden,=20I=20=
think.
Where=20as=20when=20it=20comes=20to=20the=20cane,=20I'm=20not=20the=20most=
=20willing=20to=20
use=20it.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20RJ=20Sandefur=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20"jonathan=20franks"=20<franks.jonathan13 at gmail.com>,"National=20
Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2030=20Jul=202014=2021:27:59=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20braille

My=20Friend=20can=20use=20her=20cane,=20but=20when=20I=20mention=20braille,=
=20she=20tells=20
me=20she
doesn't=20need=20it.=20=20RJ
-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"jonathan=20franks=20via=20nabs-l"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20"Darian=20Smith"=20<dsmithnfb at gmail.com>;=20"National=20Association=20=

of=20Blind
Students=20mailing=20list"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Wednesday,=20July=2030,=202014=209:19=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20about=20braille

=20To=20be=20honest=20at=20first=20I=20hated=20Braille.

=20Then=20one=20day=20something=20clicked=20in=20my=20head=20and=20I=20real=
ized=20that=20
Braille
=20is=20an=20essential=20tool=20I=20will=20need=20to=20use=20for=20the=20re=
st=20of=20my=20life.

=20Those=20who=20cannot=20read=20print=20need=20to=20utilize=20braille=20as=
=20a=20reading
=20medium=20so=20they=20can=20keep=20up=20with=20their=20sighted=20counterp=
art=20in=20a
=20literacy=20sense.=20=20It=20not=20only=20comes=20in=20handy=20with=20rea=
ding=20books,=20
you=20can
=20also=20label=20your=20things=20such=20as=20DVD=E2=80=99s=20and=20food.

=20Braille=20has=20also=20come=20in=20handy=20for=20me=20while=20I=20am=20a=
t=20my=20College.=20=20
I=20use
=20it=20to=20be=20able=20to=20find=20my=20classrooms=20and=20read=20other=20=
building=20
signs.

=20My=20philosophy=20is=20that=20if=20you=20can=20learn=20braille,=20you=20=
should.=20=20
Technology
=20is=20a=20great=20tool,=20but=20technology=20is=20not=20always=20going=20=
to=20work=20and=20
you=20do
=20not=20need=20batteries=20or=20a=20charger=20to=20be=20able=20to=20read=20=
braille.

=20On=207/30/14,=20Darian=20Smith=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wr=
ote:
=20RJ=20and=20all:

=20=20I=20think=20that=20Braille=20is=20a=20very=20important=20tool=20for=20=
someone=20who=20
is=20blind
=20(no
=20matter=20what=20=20visual=20acuity).
=20=20It=20is=20essential=20if=20you=20don=E2=80=99t=20have=20access=20to=20=
the=20printed=20word,=20
but=20even
=20if
=20you=20do,=20it=20allows=20you=20the=20flexibility=20to=20operate=20in=20=
a=20more=20
efficient
=20manner
=20than=20=20just=20simply=20having=20access=20to=20print=20or=20braille=20=
by=20it=E2=80=99s=20
self.

=20=20Something=20that=20often=20gets=20lost=20in=20discussions=20of=20inde=
pendence=20
and=20the
=20tools
=20you=20need=20is=20the=20=20Importance=20of=20the=20use=20=20of=20the=20L=
ong=20White=20cane.
=20=20=20Now=20=20granted=20=20there=20are=20quite=20a=20few=20different=20=
types=20of=20canes=20
and=20the
=20one
=20you=20end=20up=20using=20ultimately=20comes=20=20down=20to=20personal=20=
=20preference,=20=20
but=20in
=20my
=20view=20we=20would=20be=20remiss=20=20if=20we=20only=20mentioned=20braill=
e=20and=20not=20=20
mention
=20cane
=20use.
=20=20both=20tools=20=20are=20ways=20to=20=20go=20about=20living=20the=20li=
fe=20you=20want,=20and=20
being
=20armed
=20with=20these=20tools=20=20as=20soon=20as=20you=20can=20get=20them=20can=
=20only=20serve=20to=20
benefit=20a
=20person.
=20=20=20So,=20while=20this=20was=20a=20question=20about=20braille,=20I=20d=
on=E2=80=99t=20know=20if=20
it=20can
=20only
=20be=20a=20question=20=20of=20braille=20by=20it=E2=80=99s=20self=20because=
=20both=20the=20
ability=20to=20be
=20literate=20and=20be=20mobile=20=20are=20essential=20to=20the=20blind=20=
=20as=20much=20as=20
it=20is=20our
=20sighted=20peers.
=20=20=20=20respectfully,
=20=20=20Darian
=20On=20Jul=2030,=202014,=20at=2010:48=20AM,=20Manners,=20Derek=20via=20nab=
s-l
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20wrote:

=20Part=20of=20the=20drawback=20of=20being=20visually=20impaired=20or=20bli=
nd=20is=20that=20
a=20lot
=20of
=20things=20in=20the=20world=20are=20geared=20toward=20those=20with=20site.=
=20=20Like=20any=20
other
=20tool
=20in=20the=20blind=20toolkit,=20braille=20is=20a=20workaround=20for=20a=20=
number=20of=20
issues
=20that
=20we=20all=20face=20or=20have=20the=20potential=20to=20face.=20=20It=20can=
=20alert=20you=20
that=20you
=20are
=20about=20to=20enter=20the=20wrong=20gendered=20restroom=20or=20the=20wron=
g=20room=20
number.=20=20it
=20can
=20let=20you=20enjoy=20the=20sensation=20of=20reading=20a=20paper=20book=20=
instead=20of=20
having=20to
=20have=20someone=20read=20it=20to=20you.=20=20It=20can=20allow=20you=20to=
=20send=20
hand-written=20notes
=20to
=20those=20who=20would=20appreciate=20a=20personal=20touch.=20=20In=20gener=
al,=20it=20can=20
help=20you
=20maintain=20your=20independence=20and=20individualism=20despite=20the=20l=
oss=20of=20
site.

=20On=20Wed,=20Jul=2030,=202014=20at=201:31=20PM,=20Matthew=20Dierckens=20v=
ia=20nabs-l=20<
=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20You=20need=20to=20learn=20how=20to=20spell.=20=20A=20speech=20synthesize=
r=20can't=20
teach
=20someone
=20how=20to=20spell=20per=20say.
=20Also,=20if=20you=20get=20tired=20of=20hearing=20synthetic=20speech=20all=
=20day=20you=20
can=20use
=20braille.

=20Matthew=20Dierckens
=20Macintosh=20Trainer
=20Blind=20Access=20Training
=20www.blindaccesstraining.com
=201-877-774-7670,=20extension=203
=20matthew at blindaccesstraining.com
=20Introduction=20to=20the=20Macintosh=20Operating=20system=20and=20voiceov=
er=20
course
=20available=20now.=20=20Spots=20are=20limited,=20sign=20up=20here
=20http://blindaccesstraining.com/training-courses/

=20On=20Jul=2030,=202014,=20at=2013:29,=20RJ=20Sandefur=20via=20nabs-l=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20wrote:

=20How=20has=20Braille=20impacted=20your=20life,=20and=20do=20you=20believe=
=20your=20life=20
would
=20be=20different=20had=20you=20not=20learned=20Braille?=20If=20you=20were=
=20talking=20
with=20a
=20person
=20who=20is=20going=20blind,=20and=20they=20asked=20you,=20"Why=20do=20I=20=
need=20to=20learn
=20Braille?"
=20What=20would=20you=20say=20to=20=20them?=20RJ=20Sandefur,=20Doctor=20of=
=20theology,
=20Andersonville
=20theological=20seminary
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