[nfbmi-talk] Self Support Rules!!

[Terry D. Eagle]

This was posted on the JOBS list, and is a very interesting concept about
blindness and communication.

Here is the post text:


We need to remember something about Abraham Nemoth.  He
> invented the Nemoth code for Braille math symbols.  He was a professor
> in the 1940s at the University of Detroit.  He would feel his Braille
> notes in his pocket with one hand, and with the other hand wrote
> perfect print on the black board for the students to see.  He had
> always been totally blind.  Many people seem to think that Braille is
> so great that you never have to know what print looks like.  Well,
> Nemoth said in the 40s that if a blind person does not know how to
> write in print for the sighted audience, his work options will be very
> limited.  Knowing print is huge, because how can you communicate
> material to a sighted person without previously printing it out.  I
> actually write some math out for the people I tutor.  I believe that
> every totally blind person should know print and Braille.  The more
> tools you have the better.  Take care, all!
>