[Ohio-talk] Some Amazing Misinformation

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Wow, that sounds kind of fishy!  I am not a braille  reader currently, as I 
am still capable of reading large print without  difficulty.  However, as 
part of my transition services, when I was a  senior in high school, I was 
taught braille.  The idea was that if my sight  worsened (knock on wood, it 
hasn't yet), that I would at least have some  knowledge of it if it became 
necessary for me to use.  The thought  being, kind of like riding a bike, it 
would be easier to relearn the second time  around.  Anyhow, I was taught to 
read with my fingertips.  I have also  watched visually numerous people read 
braille and everyone that I've even seen  has also read with their 
fingertips.  Glad to hear you are helping that  young lady out!
Nicole
 
 
In a message dated 7/20/2014 7:34:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org writes:

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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