[NABS-L] Is Braille Overrated?

[Mausam Mehta]

Hi Jameyanne,
Thank you for sharing this post. These are my feelings exactly. As a blind student, I was lucky enough to have a smooth introduction to braille from my public school district when I was a toddler. But that’s the thing. I was lucky. Why should we be lucky to receive literacy?
I’ve heard so many heartbreaking cases of parents fighting tooth and nail with their district to provide braille for their blind children, but to no avail. Lack of money, lack of resources, lack of instruction. In response to the original question then, yes. Braille is absolutely not overrated. In fact, it’s underrated. It is so important.

> On Jan 17, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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