[nabs-l] No Braille? No Literacy!

[Bridget Walker]

Hi all,
Of course I could not agree more. I believe with every fiber of my being every individual who is blind should know braille. In the past two years I have needed to really change modalities. It was not what I would have wanted but needed to do. 
I spent the first nine years of my life illiterate until I learned braille. When I was 19 I had to switch to a more electronic format because I just could not physically do it anymore. 
I use a braille display when I can and I love to have a page of quick notes for lesson plans in braille. 
I wish I could do more with the tactile representation of the english language that people seem to think is being pushed aside taken over by text to speech and audiobooks but it's not. 
I do not care what I go through in the next several years. I will find a way to make braille a part of my everyday life.
Bridget

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> On Apr 26, 27 Heisei, at 1:26 PM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good morning, Mabelin,
> 
>        For me, the opposite has been true, with my trusting Ol'Sighty to interpret for me what I do not experience for myself, in the absence of an ocular input, since, of course, in order to "educate" Ol'Sighty as to our needs, we ought not waste resources on all kind of tech crap, just so we can claim we gained access to which ever material, "independently.""
> I believe this is how it oughta be, I know that in some situations, I have functioning arms, legs and ears. I can also type albeit  most people, nowadays also type but we don't need a computer to perform those tasks with which a functioning pair of peepers can  help. I do not feel personally comfortable lecturing to Ol'Sighty about my abilities because I know that a most direct avenue of education is demonstration, action.
> Car
> 
> put on all documents that we blind folk receive. Because think about this for a minute, we won't always have sighted peers around us.
>> > We can't always depend on sighted folks all the time to read things to us. Plus the scanning apps we sometimes use aren't very accurate when it comes to printed material. This should also apply in schools as well.
>> > I'm just voicing my opinion on this.
>> > If anyone disagrees that is fine.
>> > All of us have our own opinions.
>> > This is just my thought on the matter.
>> > Take care all,
>> > Mabelin
>> >
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