[Ohio-talk] Adult Braille Literacy training in Columbus

[dgventure915 at gmail.com]

Richard said he'd pick up the whole tab for the Dayton weekend, didn't he, Eric?

Debbie and Marianne


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From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dave Bertsch via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Adult Braille Literacy training in Columbus

Way to go Gerron! You don't need luck, but I wish you good luck anyway. If you get together with Richard while you're in Dayton, make sure he buys dinner.

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From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerron Chapman via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Adult Braille Literacy training in Columbus

10 days and counting… I’m so excited, can’t wait to learn braille. Thank you Marrian and Debbie for your work. Braille literacy here I come LOL

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> On Mar 10, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Weiss via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> I am very proud to say that I am the student that lost his vision later in life.  I want to thank the NFB of Ohio and OOD for this opportunity.  I have already promised Marianne and Debbie to be their problem student!  (Just kidding).  I Thank God and all of the membership of the NFB for this opportunity.
> Jim Weiss
> jimweiss72 at icloud.com
> 
> “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can 
> steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you 
> know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go…” | 
> Dr. Seuss
> 
>> On Mar 10, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Debbie and I kicked off the 2019 Braille Literacy Training in 
>> Columbus this weekend. We had 3 students and it was very successful. 
>> The students were excited to begin learning Braille and have plans for how they will use it.
>> 2 of them have been legally blind since birth but were told they had 
>> enough vision that they didn't need to learn Braille in school. We've 
>> heard that story so many times that it has become a broken record, 
>> sadly. The other student lost vision as an adult and wants to learn all of the Braille code.
>> 
>> We've also heard over and over again that there aren't any adults in 
>> Ohio who want to learn Braille. Well, we, the NFB of Ohio, knows this 
>> just isn't true and we are proving it again.
>> 
>> --
>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>> (513) 607-6053
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