[Ohio-talk] Some Amazing Misinformation

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi, Colleen and all,

Like Cheryl, I could only possibly see what this woman was talking
about if she referred to the flat part of the finger as a side, but I
would personally still call it the fingertip since the pads of your
fingers are also considered tips rather than just the small portion
which rounds up to meet the fingernail.  I mean, you don't really do
anything with that small part, not even type.

I don't know much about diabetic callouses, although when I started
learning to play guitar one of my braille teachers was concerned about
my ability to read being hampered by the callouses created by the
strings.  These callouses cover most of the finger tip since I don't
precisely hit the string in the same part of my finger, and have to
stretch greater and lesser distances to hit certain chord positions.
If they are at all similar, braille reading is not entirely impossible
even with them.  Sometimes my hands will be extra sensitive after I've
been playing for a while, or if I don't play for a few days and then
go back to the guitar and try to read afterwards, but I can still do
it.  Like I said, I don't know how similar this is to diabetic
callouses, but if she has no reason to have callouses via diabetes,
guitar playing, or otherwise, she definitely shouldn't have a problem
reading braille the traditional way.

Hope this helps.

P.S, please let her know about the student division.  We are sorely
lacking in students from Ohio north of the general Cincinnati area,
and it seems like this student might benefit from membership.

On 7/20/14, Nicole Poston via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton 2016.
Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma