[NABS-L] Is Braille Overrated?

[Jameyanne Fuller]

Blog post found: https://jameyannefuller.com/2016/03/08/i-read-too/
This was a rant about a post I read somewhere that said that Braille was
useless and unnecessary (by someone who had no idea what they were talking
about), that I then turned into an application essay for law school, that I
then adapted into a blog post. I realize that I haven't included links to
the studies and things I'm talking about in this post, and at some point if
I ever have time I will go through and include links to relevant sources,
but this is my complete answer to your question.

-----Original Message-----
From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zachary N.
Griego-Dreicer via NABS-L
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 10:19 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer <zdreicer at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NABS-L] Is Braille Overrated?

Braille is very much necessary. I think that it must be kept up with so that
blind people like you and die can accomplish daily activities of living and
maintain a much-needed system of communication, because that is our basis of
all written communication.

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.
Sent from my iPhone 7 Using VoiceOver

> On Jan 17, 2018, at 06:41, roanna bacchus via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Dear Students,
> 
> I hope all of you are doing well.  Yesterday my dad met a blind student
who came into his office to pay their tuition during the afternoon rush.  He
told my Dad that he tells people that braille is overrated.  I think it is
importat for all blind children to learn to read and write braille.  The use
of braille is essential for both personal academic and employment success.
What are your thoughts on this?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Roanna Bacchus
> 
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