[Pibe-division] Article: A NewPerspective on Literacy for Students with Low Vision

[Marianne Denning]

Sylvia, I am sorry about the problems with the parents.  I think it is
very refreshing to have a teacher pushing braille because I hear about
it being the other way most of the time.

On 11/25/15, Sylvia Ekdahl via PIBE-Division <pibe-division at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks Allison for this article. It is so very timely as I am having
> disagreement with a parent about braille. She has a negative attitude about
> it and doesn't want to give up the print just in case he has a surgery that
> makes his vision come back-this is unlikely. I say we need to push the
> braille and since he does know his ABC's (48 pt font), he could transition
> back to print if his eyesight improves. After all, r-e-d spells red in both
> print and braille. I plan to print this article and send it home to her
> before we have a team meeting last week. I think she is about to severely
> reduce or discontinue the braille because the student doesn't like it and
> refuses to do it.
> Thanks again and happy Thanksgiving!
> Sylvia Woodard Ekdahl, M.Ed, COMS, CTVI
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Allison Hilliker via PIBE-Division
>> <pibe-division at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Thought some of you might like to read the article I posted yesterday.
>> While it's on the Bookshare blog, its main focus isn't actually Bookshare.
>> I wrote a post aimed at educators that tried to encourage the use of
>> Braille for partially sighted students.
>>
>> Here's the link:
>> http://bookshareblog.wpengine.com/2015/11/a-new-perspective-on-literacy-for-students-with-low-vision/.
>>
>> I work doing technical support for Benetech/Bookshare. I've noticed that
>> many of the TVIs who contact me through Bookshare are heavily encouraging
>> large print and magnification for their low vision students. While that's
>> great if it works, I couldn't help but wonder whether at least some of
>> these kids might have an easier time reading if they were to try Braille.
>> While a Bookshare support call is not the appropriate place for a
>> conversation about media choice for low vision students, I thought I could
>> try to present the idea through a blog post just to get people thinking.
>>
>> It's titled a New Perspective on Literacy, but many of us in the NFB won't
>> consider it a new perspective at all. In fact it's a perspective that
>> existed long before I was born. But I titled it in this way in hopes that
>> it may catch the interest of educators who are not in the NFB or who don't
>> know many compitant Braille readers. I don't know if it'll actually get
>> anyone to consider Braille for their students, but I'm hopeful.
>>
>> I would love feedback from anyone on this list. Also, please feel free to
>> forward to colleagues who you think may find the article interesting.
>>
>> Best,
>> Allison
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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