[NFBWV-Talk] BRAILLE CHALLENGE STORY ON MOUNTAIN STREAMS RADIO

[David Allen]

Hi Ed!

Since the decline you acknowledged coincided with my own public school
experience, I was glad you covered it, historically. 

I recall relying on tapes from RFB, now Learning Ally, to study such high
school staples as Julius Cesar, because the school system of the day failed
to dliever this in braille, as they should reasonably have done.

True, it is possible to memorise from audio, and I did, *lol* I only needed
to memorise 45 lines to get an A for that section of my English class, but
the problem that wasn't anticipated, was they couldn't stop me, *lol* As I
recall it, they finally told me to shut up after I crossed the 50 line mark,
because Having done it from tape, I had no way of knowing where a "line"
begun or ended.

Cheers,
Dave

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Subject: [NFBWV-Talk] BRAILLE CHALLENGE STORY ON MOUNTAIN STREAMS RADIO

As some of you know, Karen and I participated in the WV Regional Braille
Challenge on February 20 at the School for the Blind in Romney.  While
there, we gathered some interviews with event organizers and participants,
which I turned into a story for our local radio station, Mountain Streams
Radio.  The entire piece is about twenty minutes long and deals with the
decline and subsequent resurgence of Braille instruction among blind
children in America.

The story has now been posted to the Mountain Streams Radio web site, and
here is a link for those who may wish to listen:


https://www.mountainstreamsradio.org/braille-literacy-challenge/



I assume that WVSB, like other public schools throughout the state, is
currently closed in response to COVID-19.  Nevertheless, I hope some effort
can be made to contact those students whose voices appear in the story so
they can hear it if they wish.

Thanks,

Ed