[Ohio-talk] Some Amazing Misinformation

[Cheryl Fischer]

Colleen,

The best interpretation I can give for this statement would be that the
teacher was saying not to use the  very tip  of the finger(s)  to read the
Braille, but to use the larger, flatter pad of the finger. I guess that
could be considered a "side." The opposite side would be the side with your
fingernail on it. 

Anyway, I'm glad you'll be helping her-
Cheryl 

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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of COLLEEN
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Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:54 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-talk] Some Amazing Misinformation

 Hello Everyone,
Please correct me if I am wrong about this.
Yesterday I was talking to a newly blind person who asked to learn Braille
even after she was discouraged from learning it.
The therapist-teacher (I'm not sure of her title) told this young woman that
she only knows the basics. She said she took a refresher course and that
this student should forget everything she learned. She said that you should
never read with your fingertips, you should read on the side of your finger
only.
Did I miss something? The student was also told that she would need to sign
up for the Hadley Course after she learned the Alphabet. She also told the
student that you read one way and you write backward.
I can see that maybe someone could feel on the side of your finger if you
had serious calouses after taking your Blood Sugar readings over a period of
time.
I told this student to read with her fingertips. She is not a Diabetic. I
will be using Paratransit to go to her house to teach her braille and to
work on Alternative Techniques for the kitchen.
Dawn Lanting was also here yesterday.
This Staff member should just stop teaching braille. Heaven help her
students.
Anyway has anyone ever heard that people should not read with their
fingertips. 
I just want to make sure of this in case I have to state this fact to
someone if they complain about my teaching this student and Dawn.
Colleen Roth



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