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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Denise, thanks
for sharing this story. I definitely used Braille books with each book
containing many volumes. It did take time to find the novel my class was
reading. However, I appreciated the ability to read the same novel as my
classmates. While in elementary school, I enjoyed reading aloud from the Braille
textbook, when the classroom teacher asked me to read aloud a passage. I am sure
it is much easier for blind students to read textbooks that are placed on note
takers. Yet, one must remember that technology can break and sometimes a person
does benefit from having a hard copy of a textbook available.
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