[Nfbmo] {Disarmed} Jean Norris: Who created books the blind andthe sighted could read together.
James Moynihan
jamesmmoynihan at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 19:56:38 UTC 2014
Gary
You are correct. I thought that the Brotherhood promoted Twin Vision Books.
Am I correct?
Love,
Jim Moynihan
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>I like this story. It is very moving. The only thing that saddens me about
>it is that the role that blind people played in this project has completely
>been left out. In Jean's telling of the story, she credits Dr. tenBroek
>with telling her she should go forward with the project, with offering
>funding for it, and even with helping her come up with the name. I know
>that this person had only so much space in his article, but why is an
>organization of the blind so much shorter to say the National Federation of
>the Blind? I'm not trying to be argumentative; I only think that it is
>unfortunate that so much history portrays those of us who are blind as the
>passive recipients of other people's charity, when the truth is that we
>work hard in these charitable and governmental efforts as well, both to
>create, monitor, and work in them.
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> Jean Norris: Who created books the blind and the sighted could read
> together.
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> Jean Norris: Who created books the blind and the sighted
> could read together.
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> One of the great joys we as parents have is to read
> stories to our children. But for blind people, that wasn't an option if
> the child and parent wanted to read a book together.
>
> That is until 1958 when Jean, who was sighted, was
> donating old clothing to a rummage sale for an organization for the blind.
> She heard Audrey Hebner, a blind mother say something that broke her
> heart.
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> While stacking donated books, Audrey told Jean, "The
> thing I miss the most is not being able to read children's books and
> bedtime stories to my kids."
>
> The following morning, Jean began teaching herself
> Braille, determined to solve this problem.
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> Jean Norris photo: latimes.com
> Jean took a book her three sons had outgrown, "Fuzzy
> Blanket" and attempted to attach Braille text next to the printed writing,
> finally succeeding on her fifth try.
>
> Jean brought the book to Audrey and the other blind
> mothers at their next meeting. Placing their fingers on the Braille pages
> the mothers took turns reading the book aloud as tears and words of
> gratitude flowed.*
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> Jean immediately began contacting publishers and parents
> to donate books. She invited volunteers to her Sherman Oaks, CA home to
> help create the Braille attachments.
>
> Soon a group of volunteers met in Jean's kitchen and
> began making books. "Twin Vision" is what Jean called her concept, and
> starting in the early 1960's it became famous.
>
> What is now the American Action Fund for Blind Children
> and Adults sponsored Twin Vision and provided more advanced equipment and
> production space near Jean's home, where she expanded her operation.
>
> The results were tremendous. Tens of thousands of Twin
> Vision books were donated to blindness organizations and to libraries and
> schools.
>
> Jean had found her life's work. She headed Twin Vision,
> now located in Tarzana, until 2010 when she was 92 years of age. And on
> April 20th, her 96th birthday, she gently passed away in her sleep.
>
> But even without its founder, Twin Vision still offers a
> lending library that contains about 34,000 of these very special books.
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> Success Tip of the Week: Jean's story reminds us that one
> person with determination can make a difference that can uplift the world.
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> Editor's Note: *This is the scene as I envision it from
> published accounts. To learn more about Jean, please Click Here and Here.
> To learn more about the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
> https://www.actionfund.org/
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