[Ohio-Talk] Hadley

[Todd Elzey]

Ok, I did a little research on this.  Hadley definitely has changed some
things up. In fact, my old Hadley account ids don' even work anymore. From
what I can tell they have two braille workshop series now. One is learning
braille by sight. This appears to be geared more towards transcriptionists
and other sighted individuals who might want to learn braille visually for
some reason. The second series is called "Embracing Braille" and appears to
be more geared towards the blind who would need to learn braille. But these
are not traditional courses. Rather both series appear to be a series of
audio/video podcast-styled workshops.  From what I can tell, it appears
that they are very unstructured (i.e.it appears to be entirely self-guided
without formal assignments, grading, or instructor input).  Not sure this
would have any real value for someone newly blinded.

Because someone asked, here is a list of Hadley's Board of Trustees.
Although I could be wrong because I don't know everyone in the NFB, it does
not appear that there are any obvious NFB leaders on the Board.

Scott B. Dickes
*Chair*

Louise A. Holland
*Immediate Past Chair*

Mark F. Stephan
*Vice Chair*

Thomas C. Denison
*Secretary/Treasurer*

Julie S. Tye
*President*

Brooke H. Voss
*Vice President*
Trustees

Larry A. Barden
Steven V.L. Brown, M.D.
Barbra L. Bukovac
Teresa R. Cannon
Judith B. Castellini
Andrew J. Cittadine
Stephen C. Coley
Linda R. Crane
Dewey B. Crawford
Thomas C. Denison
Scott B. Dickes
Paul W. Earle, Jr.
Sandra C. Forsythe
Paul M. Gallo
Michael A. Gold
Louis S. Harrison
Alyssa S. Hayes
Stace A. Hilbrant
Louise A. Holland
William T. McClain
Gordon Montgomery
Lynne D. Montgomery
Betsey L. Puth
Sara H. Ridder
Bradley E. Rendell
Garrick M. Rice
Juergen M. Stark
Mark F. Stephan
Julie S. Tye
Jennifer A. Wainwright
Allen A. Weaver
Life Trustees

Mary B. Babson
Sarah B. Barden
Jeanne M. Denison

Byram E. Dickes

Suzanne H. Dickes
Thomas A. Donahoe
Terry M. Faulk
Elizabeth E. George
Raymond E. George, Jr.
Charles A. Horstmann
Joan F. Kasten
Jon R. Lind
Gwen J. McConnaughy
Robert P. McNeill
John W. Puth
Frank A. Rossi
Rosita M. Schloss
Robert F. Seebeck
James H. Stone
Marilynn J. Thoma

I hope this is enlightening.

Todd Elzey

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 7:08 PM Colleen Roth via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> I have never heard of teaching braille via Audio or Visual Means. As we
> all know Braille is tactile.
> Students who try to read using their eyes do not develop Braille Reading
> skills.
> I definitely agree with Cheryl concerning a Resolution.
> I also understand Hadley no longer grades Course Work.
> Some years ago the Toledo Sight Center taught the first letters of the
> apphabet and sent students to Hadley. At the some I said that I thought the
> Alphabet had 26 letters. I also there were Contractions, Short Form Words,
> etc.
> Braille is very important and we should count our Blessings having it.
> I use Braille every day including my Perkins Braille Writer.
> I have the Braille Writer I got in 1961.
> It works well and is very efficient. I also carry a slate and stylus in my
> purse.
> If we can't get Hadley to do what is right for blind people we should
> figure out how to get Braille Teaching to those who need it.
> Even if we have to charge a fee for the service it is probably one of the
> most important things the NFB should be doing.
> I wonder if there are any blind people from NFB on Hadley's Board.
> Colleen Roth, President;
> At Large Chapter;
> NFB of Ohio;
>
>
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